OUT of luck on Await The Dawn at York on Wednesday and set for a return to the Knavesmire today, Joseph O’Brien took the riding honours at Wexford last night, recording a last-gasp double on Snap Alam and Monte Carlo.

TIM DOYLE’S Jumbo Steps should go close in the Foleys’ Bar and Off Licence Handicap at Sligo tonight.

Explosives planted in a car went off while police were trying to defuse them in Sadr City, killing two policemen and wounding four civilians, police said today amid reports that more car bombs were targeting the Shiite slum.

Four people were killed and 15 wounded when gunmen stormed a Sunni mosque near Tikrit today, Iraqi police said.