The former racing commentator Peter O’Sullevan may be allowed home from hospital today after continuing to show marked improvement after he suffered a mild stroke on Sunday.
The 95-year-old retired BBC commentator, affectionately known as “the Voice of Racing”, was admitted to Charing Cross Hospital in London on Sunday.
Mike Dillon, the PR director for Ladbrokes and a close friend of O’Sullevan, said: “He is fine. They are doing tests on him and he has improved today.
“I would think there is every possibility he’ll be discharged tomorrow. They are pleased with the improvement he has shown and his vision which was impaired and was the main cause for concern has improved dramatically.”
Jamie Codd, who leads Derek O'Connor at the head of the Jockeys' Championship, has suffered a wrist injury at Inch point-to-point yesterday.
Came to grief
Riding the Denis Murphy- trained Steel Appeal in the four-year-old Maiden (division 1), Codd and his mount came to grief at the second fence.
Codd, who is chasing his first Jockeys’ Championship and leads Derek O’Connor 52-49, was transferred to Waterford hospital for examination on a suspected fracture.
Punchestown racecourse yesterday announced the return of Tattersalls Ireland as sponsors of the The Grade One Tattersalls Ireland Champion Novice Hurdle at the Irish National Hunt Festival next month.
The two and a half mile contest is worth €80,000 and will take place on Friday, April 26th.
Ante-post favourite Hunter’s Light will break from stall four in Saturday’s Dubai World Cup at Meydan.
The Saeed bin Suroor-trained five-year-old was a Group Two winner at the track in February and sealed his place at the head of the market when winning the third round of the Maktoum Challenge earlier this month.
He is one of three runners in the Godolphin blue for the 10-furlong race, with last year’s winner Monterosso going for glory again from stall 10 and African Story in 11.
Animal Kingdom, winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby, will be in stall 12, with the Andre Fabre-trained Meandre in nine and outsider Treasure Beach (one) rounding out the field.
