Professionals raise concerns over safety of covering on exit road

THE exit road on the far side of the track was the focus of much attention at the opening stage of the Listowel Festival yesterday.

The well-backed Best Away slipped up at that point of the course in the first race, the Kerry Maid Maiden Hurdle.

After the second contest, the stewards received a delegation of four jockeys, Ruby Walsh, Paul Carberry, Barry Geraghty and Keith Hadnett, as well as trainer, Edward O’Grady.