Irish racing grinds to a halt - why?

EVERYONE in the racing industry, trainers, jockeys and owners: did you all enjoy your time off over the last few days?

Here we are literally on the eve of Cheltenham, facing into the final two months of what has been a disastrous National Hunt campaign, and Horse Racing Ireland thinks it’s fine that the game should basically grind to a halt.

We had one offering this week, a modest meeting at Downpatrick on Wednesday, which was, frankly, an irrelevancy.