DRAGGING himself out on the bike after dinner on these cold, dark, wet evening following a full day in the yard is a bit of a chore but the motivation is powerful for Philip Dempsey with his participation in the John Shortt Legends Day race at Punchestown looming next Thursday.

Michael Kinane, Paul Carberry, Charlie Swan, Norman Williamson, Luke Harvey, Arthur Moore and Graham Bradley are just some of the luminaries participating as they bid to raise funds for Shortt’s wife Ann Marie and daughter Alex.