Led Zeppelin has been voted Britain's ideal supergroup.

FOR the second time in a few weeks, champion jockey Pat Smullen gave Sense Of Purpose a superb, front-running ride to land a stakes prize at Leopardstown last night, the Galileo filly holding the late challenges of Marsmanship and Bob Le Beau to land the Group 3 Ballyroan Stakes.

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.

Nosedive and Bikini Babe both produced impressive displays in the two-year-old races at Sandown that might well secure them trips to Royal Ascot next week for the Norfolk and Chesham Stakes respectively.

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

NOLAND gets the nap to beat War Of Attrition in the re-scheduled John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown this afternoon.

THE David Wachman trained Azores can recoup the losses incurred on her debut at Cork in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at Gowran Park tonight.

Chris Wood’s closing eagle to win the Qatar Masters has earned him the European Tour’s Golfer of the Month award for January.

US Open champion Michael Campbell has won the European Tour’s RBS Shot of the Month award for June.

EGYPT: Egyptians in a Nile Delta province were left outraged after a cleric allegedly changed a line in the traditional Islamic call to prayer to mention Facebook.

Michael Halford, who will saddle favourite Casamento in today’s Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster, received a timely boost when Invincible Ash captured the listed Mercury Stakes at Dundalk last night.

CARRAIG Na Gcapaill should complete a hurdling hat-trick in the Midland Breeders Mares Hurdle at Kilbeggan this evening.

MUSIC NEWS: Didn’t make it to one of the 22 London shows? At least Kate Bush is releasing the resultant live album on November 22. 

MUSIC NEWS: Radiohead may have got some stick recently for playing in Israel, but Thom Yorke and co are back on more solid ground with the announcement of a 20th anniversary release of their classic OK Computer album.