Significant ease as rain reaches Roscommon

Karl Burke’s star sprinter Venetian Sun has been hit with an injury that will rule her out for the rest of the season.

A trip to Ireland looks in store for Blue Bolt after she kept her phenomenal winning run going in the Prix Rothschild at Deauville.

Danny Mullins was given a fine of €3,000 for his conduct before the Galway Hurdle last week. In the parade ring, Mullins instructed his groom to turn the horse around and head back towards the gate so he could get down to the start quicker, rather than doing an extra lap of the ring as he intended to get down to the start and secure his position early.