High Court rules Pyromaniac allowed to run in Galway Hurdle

The High Court in Dublin has ruled Tony Martin's Pyromaniac will be able to run in the Guinness Galway Hurdle on Thursday.

The six-year-old's chances of running looked to be over when the Turf Club's appeal board upheld the original 42-day ban from racing arising from his run at Killarney on July 12.

But Martin's legal team challenged the ruling in the High Court in Dublin on Monday morning and were granted by Judge Richard Humphreys a judicial review of the decision, for which no date has been set, and pending that decision the 42-day ban has been lifted and the horse is free to run.