New dates for Leopardstown and Punchestown

HORSE Racing Ireland officials have acted quickly to transfer tomorrow’s abandoned Leopardstown meeting to Saturday, January 23.

The meeting at Navan which was originally scheduled for this date will transfer to Wednesday, January 27.

Leopardstown will now stage a top-class weekend of National Hunt racing, with the feature race on Saturday’s card being the MCR Hurdle, formerly the Pierse Hurdle.