Back-to-back Grade 1 wins! 🟢🟡⚪️

Jimmy Mangan's new star Spillane's Tower is all class as he follows up his Gold Cup win at Fairyhouse in the Champion Novice Chase.

That's a Grade 1 double on the day for Mark Walsh and JP McManus.

Punchestown

Sometimes you just latch on to one. SPILLANE’S TOWER wins the big one ⁦Punchestown⁩ at 5/2 Diary column ⁦The Scottish Sun⁩ on Sunday 🏇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

THE AFRICAN QUEEN lands the ⁦Scottish Sun Sport⁩ daily at 5/1. Joe Fanning wins only ride second day running. Apologies to “Carlie” - my bad 😞

Lick o' the Tarmac will do 'em for lunch too Izzy 🤨

30 yrs ago TODAY, 16/1 Mister Baileys won second-fastest 2000 Gns in history. Cameraman Tony Webb and I filmed a feature with Mark Johnston Racing which was broadcast STV News the night before. We were both working Ayr Racecourse yesterday, me for track, Tony for Racing TV 🏇

We’re negotiating lunch 😾

Under-rated tweet.

For the last week of #SportsJournalism classes at Edinburgh Napier University, it was great to have an old Sky Sports News colleague visit the students.
#EdinburghNapier alumnus Charles Paterson is now comms lead at Cricket Scotland - he gave us an insight into that side of sports media. 🏏

'You won't answer questions about a few weeks ago and you won't answer questions about 30 years ago...What is the question you'd like to ask yourself?'

＠susannareid100 challenges George Galloway about the PM's comments when George was elected an MP for Rochdale. She asks him

Final fields this morning for Thursday and Graeme's going and weather 🌞below. Congratulations to all our winners on Monday's opening day of our new Flat season 🏇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Got to wonder if those who promote this stuff and that ridiculous Boris fantasy bridge nonsense have ever actually been to Ireland - other than a piss-up in Dublin.

Jim Spence Paul J Ferris Hugh MacDonald St Andrew's S.C Tommy Sheridan Simon Weir Dunvegan Enterprises Darts Stephanie G Gloves Red Rhys McCole 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Kynoch Boxing Barry Hearn Steve Wraith Graeme Macpherson Jim Delahunt Alex Arthur AAA 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Well done Mohammed, first ride for IJR, your first ride in Scotland and it’s a winning one 🏆 Ayr Racecourse #scottishracing #catherinechroi

Thanks to double winning Ewan Ewan Whillans Racing Ian Iain Jardine Racing Joe Fanning Sarah Fanning and David Allan for sharing thoughts with racegoers on a wet and windy opening day of Flat Ayr Racecourse 🏇always appreciated.

First race 2.15pm 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Opening day of our Flat season and we're racing again on Thursday 🏇Graeme's latest going/weather below. No NRs as of 8am.

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Monday’s ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ cartoon thetimes.co.uk/article/morten…

We’re Ayr Racecourse’s 1st flat meeting with 6 runners! Unlucky Newcastle Racecourse loser Doon The Glen, Paul Stewart’s Global Humor, Summerstorm Bloodstock’s Soowaih, Tafsir, Allegro Brillante & recent Musselburgh Racecourse 3rd Classy Al(pic), Amie, Mark Winn & Paul Mulrennan ride!