FOLLOWING 50 millimetres of rain on the lead-in to the meeting, there were 36 non-runners, including some reserves, at Listowel yesterday.

PJ FAHY’S plan to contest this year’s English Derby was scuppered even before it got underway yesterday. Fahy and his trainer-son Conor brought five intended challengers over for trials in advance of the Derby but an altercation with Wimbledon official Gary Matthews resulted in the Galway team leaving for home without trialling their dogs and having rescinded their earlier plans.

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