Racing action in Thurles this afternoon

Thurles Racecourse. Photo: @thurlesraces / Twitter.

There’s a seven race jumps card in Thurles today.

The featured race of the day is the Grade 3 Markaye Contracts Ltd Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle.

Templemore trainer John Patrick Ryan has two of the six runners in that one, in the form of The Little Yank and Ferdia.

The action gets underway at 1.55pm.