‘JT is in all our thoughts. Everyone wishes him well’

There was an extraordinary reaction from the public to yesterday’s meeting at Limerick, held to boost the Emergency Jockeys’ Fund and the stricken John Thomas McNamara and Jonjo Bright.

‘JT is in all our thoughts. Everyone wishes him well’

Of course it would have been far preferable if the day hadn’t been necessary in the first place, but the fact is that both McNamara and Bright now need an enormous amount of help and the racing industry certainly weren’t found wanting.

The punters turned up in their droves, the attendance was given as 10,500, and there was a carnival atmosphere, greatly helped, of course, by the splendid weather.

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