IT isn’t very often a horse heads to the racecourse seeking a four-timer, gets beaten and emerges with reputation not just intact, but enhanced.

ACAPULCO, runner-up in all three of his races so far over flights, gets the nap in the www.navanracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle at the Co Meath track this afternoon.

SOLWHIT, a top-priced 6-1 with most firms yesterday for the Champion Hurdle, can live his Cheltenham prospects a major boost by landing the Tohiba-sponsored Irish equivalent at Leopardstown tomorrow.

ON AN afternoon when you wouldn’t put the cat out, the Jimmy Mangan-trained Whinstone Boy landed a massive gamble in the Tendrleen Thyestes Handicap Chase at Gowran Park.

FOOTY FACTS gets the vote to land a typically wide-open Tendrleen Thyestes Handicap Chase at Gowran Park this afternoon.

PITTONI gets the nap to make it two from two over flights in the Visit Punchestown.com Juvenile Hurdle at the County Kildare track this afternoon, should the meeting pass a 7.30am inspection.

FINALLY, we look set to see some action, with Naas the focus of attention this afternoon.

EVERY year we travel to Cheltenham it’s taken as a given that one of ours will definitely win the Bumper.

THE two Thurles meetings which were due to be held today and tomorrow, but had to be cancelled because both the chase and hurdle tracks were found to be unfit for racing, have been rescheduled by Horse Racing Ireland.

HOPES of an early resumption of racing in Ireland at Thurles on Thursday and Friday were dashed yesterday afternoon when both the hurdle and chase tracks were found to be unfit for racing.