Controversy as Listowel is abandoned after three races

FOLLOWING the first contest at Listowel yesterday, racing was put back by half an hour.

Conditions underfoot were simply atrocious and, after the opener, the stewards received a deputation of jockeys, including Ruby Walsh, Barry Geraghty and John Cullen.

Said Walsh: “We are not refusing to ride, we simply believe the course is waterlogged.”