Master of three dimensions – An Irishman’s Diary on sculptor Patrick MacDowell

Time not on Solskjaer’s side as Manchester United face into a tricky period

A home defeat to Liverpool would pile added pressure on Old Trafford boss

In debt to Constable: Graham Crowley’s magic modern art

Artists’s response to ‘The Hay Wain’ is not nostalgia but modernity. Plus Stephen Loughman is inspired by WI postcards and Brian Fay explores time and change

Life’s Work: Rody Keighery, antiques auctioneer, Waterford

‘You never know what will turn up – or where’

Willie Mullins has strong hand for Betfair Hurdle at Newbury

Dicosimo, Kalkir and Petite Parisienne all remain among entries at five-day stage

Auction results

Constable’s ‘The Lock’ could fetch £12m

Painting by John Constable last appeared at auction 150 years ago when it sold for £860 to a wealthy English family who have owned it since

Leading Light claims Coolmore Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan

Ladbrokes St Leger hero makes perfect start to his four-year-old campaign

‘The Poetry of Derek Walcott 1948-2013’ review: The Caribbean delivered with wit and colour

Walcott’s range went from Marley to Pryor and from Gauguin to Yeats

Magician to cast a spell in Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh

Last year’s Irish 2,000 Guineas and Breeders’ Cup Turf hero faces just four rivals

Murtagh confident of Novellist’s Arc chance

The Real Article to prove real deal at Roscommon

David Wachman eyes Group success at Ayr with fast-improving Remember You

Aloof can claim Gowran prize for second year running