ADAJAL, in the colours of JP McManus, completed a quick hat-trick when landing the Oran Handicap Chase in impressive style at Roscommon last night.

KIEREN FALLON continued to profit from Ryan Moore’s misfortune as he made an extremely rare but nonetheless successful visit to Brighton yesterday.

GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI has already seen that Seamus Coleman is a star in the making.

PAT SMULLEN gave Grace O’Malley a quite magnificent drive to land the Group 3 Kerry Group Noblesse Stakes at Cork yesterday.

TWO-TIME Major champion Sandy Lyle closed with a superb eagle for an opening round 66 to set the pace in the Handa Irish Senior Open presented by Fáilte Ireland, as he chases his maiden European Senior Tour title.

Back In Focus, formerly in the care of Howard Johnson and having a second outing for Willie Mullins, made an excellent debut over fences in the Kevin McManus Beginners Chase at Listowel yesterday.

Offaly’s Shane Lowry yesterday became only the second player to win on the European Tour as both an amateur and a professional.

Muck ‘N’ Brass completed doubles for Eddie Lynam and Wayne Lordan when landing yesterday’s finale at Dundalk, the featured Irish Stallion Farms August Handicap, in dramatic style.

There may be no less than 18 runners in the Giantsgrave Handicap Hurdle at Clomel this evening, but Arthur Moore’s Drumlister has to be a reasonably confident nap choice.

The humour improved this week after I managed to finally get a winner with Parramatta at Laytown on Thursday.

SATURDAY

A Swedish music festival that saw performances by Kanye West, Robbie Williams and Iron Maiden has cancelled 2018's event after a rape was reported.

Donald Trump is dogged by insecurity over his loss of the popular vote in the US election and a persistent frustration that the legitimacy of his presidency is being challenged by Democrats and the media, aides and associates say.

YESTERDAY’S West Waterford Foxhounds point-to-point meeting at Lismore is one that will live long in the memory of teenager Jason Kiely for the 18-year-old amateur from Herbertstown partnered an initial career winner aboard the Patrick Farrell-trained Haile Deadly in the winners of one contest.

OF the 12 Irishmen who have competed in the Masters, the best finishes were achieved by Pádraig Harrington, tied fifth in 2002, and Darren Clarke, who shared eighth place in 1998.

BILL HARNEY, currently hospitalised, had a welcome boost when Prairie Call landed the Cashel Mares Maiden Hurdle at Thurles yesterday.

SENSE Of Purpose will be strongly fancied to get off the mark, at the third attempt, in the Kilcarn Stud 2-Y-0 Fillies Maiden at Navan today.

FRAN Berry again overshadowed title contenders Pat Smullen and Johnny Murtagh at Dundalk last night, completing a superb 329/1 treble on Qeyaada, Daliyra and Dalkan.

GER Lyons can continue his terrific record at Dundalk by saddling once-raced Shirley Blake to land the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at the track tonight.

COLIN MONTGOMERIE believes Tiger Woods’ presence would make it “a better win” for Europe if his team regain the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor next year.