WOODBINE, Canada-based Irish jockey Davy Moran and his family headed to Philadelphia recently to attend a mass held by Pope Francis on his visit to the United States.

Moran is a son of Templemore publican Eddie Moran, head of the Eddie Joe Syndicate who owned Irish National winner Davids Lad. The horse was named after Davy. Moran was a rising star with the Jim Bolger stable before moving to Canada.