Francis Bacon made art market history in New York this week when his Three Studies of Lucian Freud sold for $142,405,000 at Christie's in New York to become the most valuable painting ever sold at auction.

GARETH BALE and Samir Nasri have both been nominated for the PFA Player and Young Player of the Year awards.

HAZELHATCH can follow up last week’s win at Fairyhouse by landing the featured Advanced Security Race on the all-flat card at Limerick this evening.

BARRY GERAGHTY, who missed the action at Limerick on Sunday due to a recurrence of a shoulder injury, made a successful return to action at Ballinrobe last night when partnering Goss to victory in the Irish Stallion Farms Beginners Chase.