AVAILING of a window in his thirty-day ban, Paul Carberry guided Oscar Looby to victory in the Grade 2 Woodlands Park 100 Club Novice Chase at Naas yesterday.

GORDON ELLIOTT, who has never trained a winner in his native Ireland and has held a licence only for about a year, was on cloud nine yesterday following the success of Silver Birch in Saturday’s Aintree Grand National.

Geraldine Rees has vivid memories of the events of 25 years ago, when she made headlines around the world by becoming the first woman to complete the course in the Grand National.

Worcestershire trainer John Spearing and young jockey Paddy Brennan tasted success over the Grand National fences for the first time when they teamed up with Hakim in the totepool Grand Sefton Handicap Chase at Aintree.

By Declan Colley ALTHOUGH twenty-eight pounds is not a lot of money for a day’s work, it’s decent enough if the extent of your labour is to raise an arm.

Kingsmark was described as ‘‘stiff and sore’’ after his gallant fourth in the Martell Grand National at Aintree on Saturday.