Gowran Park to hold Friday inspection for Saturday fixture as Limerick falls

Wet weather continues to wreak havoc with the fixture list in Ireland, with Friday's fixture at Limerick joining Thursday's meeting at Clonmel as a victim of waterlogging.

The Grade 3 Surehaul Mercedes-Benz Novice Hurdle has been salvaged from the Clonmel card and will now be run on Sunday at Navan.

Saturday's valuable Red Mills Trials card at Gowran Park is subject to an 8am inspection on Friday with the ground described as heavy and more rain forecast.

Post Man Peter Thomas in the running for SJA awards

The Racing Post's Peter Thomas has been nominated for the prestigious SJA British Sports Journalism Awards, joining photographer Edward Whitaker among those in the running for a prize.

Thomas is one of eight nominees in the Sports Feature Writer of the Year category, which also features writers from the Guardian, The Telegraph, the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, as well as The Athletic.

Thomas is bidding to land an award won by fellow Post writer Alastair Down in 2015. The winners will be announced in a virtual ceremony on March 15.

Tiger Roll could be in action on ITV4 with Boyne Hurdle to be shown on Sunday

ITV's Sunday coverage will now include the Grade 2 Boyne Hurdle, which is expected to feature dual Grand National hero Tiger Roll.

The Navan contest, which was won by the Gordon Elliott-trained superstar in 2019, will be run at 2.47pm in a schedule that includes the rearranged Newbury card, featuring the Betfair Hurdle plus the Denman and Game Spirit Chases.

The ITV4 programme will start at 1.30pm and show seven races in total including four from Newbury and two from Market Rasen.

Funeral date for training legend Robert Armstrong

The funeral of former trainer Robert Armstrong is to take place in Jersey on February 24.

Armstrong, who trained European champions Moorestyle and Never So Bold in the latter half of last century before retiring from training in 2000, died on February 6 at the age of 77.

The family have requested no flowers but any donations to be made to the Retraining of Racehorses charity at www.ror.org.uk

Death of northern stalwart Paul Dawson

Northern racing is mourning the death of owner and syndicate organiser Paul Dawson.

The coin dealer from Bolton ran Domino Racing and Cumbria trainer Martin Todhunter said: "He was a great man, to meet him once was to know him for life. He ran syndicates with Dave Critchley and Paul Fitzpatrick and he was a great friend of northern racing.

"I met him through his good friend Andy Wilson and Paul owned Chipped Out, who was my first winner. I’ll always remember the day that horse won one day at Kelso, Paul was presented with a carriage clock and he dropped and broke it!"

EMHF announces new partnership with Future Ticketing

The European and Mediterranean Horseracing Federation (EMHF), (www.euromedracing.eu), is pleased to announce it has appointed Future Ticketing as its Official Ticketing Partner. The EMHF will roll out the new ticketing service at its annual General Assembly 2021.

Future Ticketing Ltd (www.futureticketing.co.uk) is a leading provider of high performance digital software ticketing solutions to over 300 customers in Ireland, the UK and the USA, including over 30 leading horseracing tracks.

The company’s co-founder Liam Holton developed the concept having previously worked as Commercial Director at the Punchestown Racecourse, which hosts an annual Irish National Hunt Festival attracting over 130,000 patrons. Peter McNeile, International Sales Director of Future Ticketing, is a former Commercial Director at Cheltenham Racecourse.

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