Safety concerns end Navan races early

The stewards called off the last of eight races at Navan today following concerns about the bend out of the back straight, where there were a number of incidents during the afternoon.

After interviewing clerk of the course Joe Collins, leading trainers Dermot Weld and Noel Meade and top jockeys Michael Kinane, Pat Smullen and Johnny Murtagh, the stewards “abandoned the last race in the interests of safety”.