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The Curragh set for 2014 season

The Irish Flat Racing Season kicks off at the Curragh on Sunday 23rd March with the County Kildare venue featuring a tribute to recently retired champion jockey Johnny Murtagh, along with a preview of all the leading contenders for the major flat races this year

2.18PM

Walsh confident Annie will get three miles

Ruby Walsh is confident the step up to three miles will not be a problem for Annie Power when she tackles the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at Cheltenham next week.

7.30PM

Our Conor pleases as Ballycasey tumbles

Our Conor left Dessie Hughes more than satisfied as he went through his paces in the now-traditional after-racing Cheltenham gallops at Leopardstown.

7.22PM

Dream purchase Measured well

A winner at Quakerstown point-to-point on the final day of last March and subsequently purchased at Goffs Punchestown Sale for 65,000 by Harold Kirk and Willie Mullins, the well-related Measureofmydreams brought up a double for Willie Mullins, under his son Patrick, in the concluding Athboy (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race at Navan.

6.09PM

Waving supplies Carroll with first Irish winner

Tony Carroll, who originates from Buttevant in County Cork, had his first runners in Ireland tonight, at Dundalk, on a day when he also had runners at Doncaster and Wolverhampton. He scored with the last of the trio, Waving (Joseph O'Brien up) in the concluding Jack's Big Night Handicap.

9.58PM