Irish National on Mossey’s agenda

WILLIE AUSTIN, a man who has long known the time of day, produced 12-1 shot Mossey Joe to land the Grade 3 O’Connell Group Stayers’ Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

Two of the major races on the programme, the O’Connell Group Hilly Way Chase and the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Lombardstown Mares Novice Chase, were cancelled on Saturday and the meeting went ahead with six contests.

Those two races were then transferred to today’s meeting at Cork, but the chase track was still frozen yesterday and they have been cancelled again.