TWO stewards’ inquiry incidents brought the same result over last weekend - a caution for the rider. At Navan the stewards enquired why Evan Daly was jogging on the racing line in the back straight during the running of one of the main races and “cautioned the rider to be more careful when out on the course in future.”

At Thurles on Monday, the stewards interviewed Sean Flanagan, rider of Apocalypse after “it appeared that his mount jumped a hurdle prior to the start of this race.” Flanagan stated that when easing his mount to view the demonstration hurdle, the animal was distracted by a runner cantering by and subsequently jumped the hurdle in the centre of the track. Flanagan was in breach of Rule 205(ii) and “having considered his record”, they cautioned him on this occasion.