Cheltenham will arrive just a little too soon for Enfant de Lune, who could now head to Aintree in April following an uncomplicated 10-length victory at Lingfield.

Rambling Minster jumped his way into the John Smith’s Grand National picture with a splendid staying performance under trainer Keith Reveley’s son James in the Blue Square Gold Cup Chase at Haydock.

Firefighters weary from three days of battling blazes that have ravaged 840,000 acres and killed 11 people in the US state of Texas, braced for the threat of strong winds to return.

Raging wildfires scorched more than 663,000 acres across Texas yesterday and were blamed for six deaths, including two victims who were trying to escape from their burning home.

ON Friday evening, June 27, the weekend of the Irish Derby, Dermot Weld’s Grey Swallow was due to make his debut in a lowly maiden at the Curragh over seven furlongs.