An unseasonably mild spell has meant that many racecourses are currently drying out and it is now different at Gowran today, which stages a seven race card.

The Co Kilkenny track has experienced a dry couple of days with the going on the hurdle track now yielding, and on the chase course is soft, yielding in places.

The Ashgrove Stables Handiccap Chase of €40,000 is the feature race, with the J.P. McManus-owned, Gavin Cromwell-trained Ilikedwayurthinkin chasing a hat-trick of recent fences wins.