JESSICA Harrington’s Mercuric was the business in the ring for the opening Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Beginners Chase at Thurles yesterday, finding 9-4 favourite from 3-1.

THE funeral of trainer Kenty Riordan, who died unexpectedly at his home in Rathcormac, Co Cork on Sunday, took place yesterday at Castlelyons cemetery following a requiem mass in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Rathcormac.