Ignotus’ last two runs may have resulted in a 40-day ban and a disqualification but he made the right kind of headlines at Kelso.

Alan Swinbank faces more trouble from the British Horseracing Authority after a horse banned under the non-trier’s rule won at Newcastle on Tuesday – when he should still have been serving the suspension.

Trainer Ferdy Murphy was left to make what he could of it after his Cheltenham Festival hope Another Promise put up a horror show for favourite-backers at Newcastle.

Alan Swinbank has withdrawn his appeal against a £5,000 fine handed out by the Catterick stewards under the non-triers rule on New Year’s Day.

Alan Swinbank will reflect on events in the Turftv.co.uk Novices’ Hurdle before deciding whether to appeal against a £5,000 fine handed out by the Catterick stewards under the non-triers rule.

A chronic cocaine addict who sent written apologies to most of the victims of over 30 syringe robbery crimes has been sentenced to nine years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.