THERE may be 25 runners in the 2010 Five-Day Festival Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown this afternoon, but the contest is certain to house a warm favourite in the shape of Our Monty.

JOHN OXX’S Behtarini can land the nap in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden at Gowran Park this afternoon.

MOONREACH is a confident nap to get the weekend off to the perfect start by landing the opening Buy A Racing Post Yearling Bonus Candidate Auction Maiden at Dundalk tonight.

I thought Listowel last week was a quite phenomenal success story.

PADDY O’DEE is the nap choice in the first division of the Tote Placepot Races 1 to 6 Maiden Hurdle at Ballinrobe today.

CHARLIE SWAN’S Zaralabad can send punters home on a high by landing the nap in the Listowel Races Supporters’ Club Slan Abhaile Race at the concluding stage of the Festival this afternoon.

ERIC McNAMARA’S Faltering Fullback made a smashing debut over fences when taking the Kevin McManus Beginners Chase at Listowel yesterday.

GALILEO’S CHOICE gets the nap in the Listowel Printing Works Maiden on the sixth day of the Festival this afternoon.

RUBY WALSH, one of the greatest big-race jockeys of all time, did it again at Listowel yesterday when driving Tony Martin’s Northern Alliance to victory in the Guinness Kerry National.

FALTERING FULLBACK gets the nap to make a winning debut over fences in the Kevin McManus Beginners Chase at Listowel this afternoon.