A dash from the school yard to the stable yard proved a profitable one for jockey Evan Dwan, as the 19-year-old Leaving Certificate student secured his maiden victory inside the rails by taking the closing race at Limerick aboard the Pat Doyle-trained Mossback.

Pride Of The Artic, the outsider of three runners, produced a fine display to land the John F McGuire Novice Chase at Listowel yesterday.

Stolberg’s victory in the Bank Of Ireland INH Flat Race led to jubilant scenes in the winner’s enclosure at Listowel.

British forces helped free a German cargo ship held by Somali pirates off Kenya, it emerged today.