Ferdy Murphy was full of praise for Graham Lee after watching his new stable jockey pass the half-century mark for the season with a double at Wetherby which included victory on Leading Man in the £50,000 (€74,500) skybet.com Rowland Meyrick Chase.

After a somewhat rocky start to his career as a professional jockey, Davy Russell has quietly gone about becoming one of Ireland’s leading jockeys. On the eve of a serious tilt at the Grand National, Declan Colley finds out how he’s done it.

Andreas will now head straight to the Cheltenham Festival after an easy success in the Ian Cooper Birthday Handicap Hurdle at Ludlow.

Davy Russell will be out of action for 21 days after being knocked out in a fall at Cork on Sunday.

Davy Russell appears to have escaped serious injury following a fall from Camden Tanner at Cork today.

Wexford racehorse trainer Ferdy Murphy has closed his Yorkshire stable and will not have any runners until the foot and mouth crisis is resolved.