Big Fella Thanks will carry top weight in the StanJames Supporting Greatwood Gold Cup at Newbury tomorrow.

Former Grand National hero Ballabriggs tops a total of 17 entries for Saturday’s StanJames Supporting Greatwood Gold Cup Chase at Newbury.

LEOPARDSTOWN general manager Tom Burke reports conditions to be improving ahead of their rearranged fixture this Saturday.

Nigel Twiston-Davies is weighing up his options for Paddy Power Gold Cup winner Little Josh.

JONJO O’Neill’s Grand National hero Don’t Push It makes his first appearance since his Aintree heroics in the CITIPOST Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham today.

Master Minded features among 10 declared runners in the Keith Prowse Hospitality Tingle Creek Chase at Cheltenham on Saturday.

FORPADYDEPLASTERER returns to Cheltenham to contest a fascinating renewal of the Sinbad Testimonial 2010/2011 Chase at Cheltenham tomorrow.

TOM TAAFFE has reported Finger Onthe Pulse on target for the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday.

MASTER MINDED has to be the choice to land the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham this afternoon.

Master Minded returns to defend his Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase crown at Cheltenham tomorrow, with Paul Nicholls believing his two-mile specialist is back to his imperious best.

Master Minded faces eight rivals as he bids to emulate Badsworth Boy with a third successive victory in Wednesday’s Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase.

Master Minded survived a terrible final-fence blunder to make a triumphant return from injury in the totepool Game Spirit Chase at Newbury.

Connections of Master Minded anticipate the dual Champion Chase winner to make a full recovery from a stress fracture to a rib.

Dual Champion Chase winner Master Minded will miss out on a bid for a repeat win in the Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown on Saturday week as Paul Nicholls works to discover the reason for his hanging right-handed

Well Chief received the universal backing of the bookmaking industry for the 2010 Queen Mother Champion Chase after slamming dual Cheltenham Festival winner Master Minded in the Connaught Chase.

INJURY-PLAGUED Well Chief received a hero’s welcome after defying his advancing years to lower the colours of Master Minded in the Connaught Chase at Cheltenham yesterday.

Master Minded suffered a shock reverse on his return to action as Well Chief ran out an emphatic winner of the Connaught Chase at Cheltenham.

Al Eile will try to emulate Morley Street when he bids to win the John Smith’s Aintree Hurdle for a fourth time on Saturday.

DAVID Pipe has warned bookmakers they should be worried about Piraya in the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday.

Monet’s Garden has been handed top weight of 11st 12lb for the £150,000 (€186,308) Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday week.

TIDAL BAY could prove to be the one that got away for Paul Nicholls, but the British champion trainer reckons the rising star will have to make a significant jump up the ladder if he is to trouble Master Minded or Kauto Star in the near future.

Paul Nicholls hurls Twist Magic and Natal back into the breach at Exeter on Tuesday.

Silverburn has been installed as the 7-2 favourite by the sponsors for the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on November 15 after 56 entries were received.

VERY few horses come to the Galway Festival as hotly fancied as Oslot was for yesterday’s Plate and then deliver in the manner Paul Nicholls’ charge did.

OSLOT can become only the third British-trained winner in the history of the Galway Plate by landing the major feature of the week at Ballybrit today.

Aintree winner Elusive Dream found very little difficulty in adding to his haul at Cheltenham this evening.

CHAMPION trainer Paul Nicholls is full of confidence ahead of Noland’s assault on the Irish Independent Arkle Trophy at Cheltenham this afternoon.

Leslingtaylor will head straight to Cheltenham for the Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy as John Quinn plans his assault on the Cheltenham Festival.

Voy Por Ustedes registered back-to-back victories in the Desert Orchid Chase at Kempton.

Mick Fitzgerald, who nearly retired last year, made sure no-one thinks he is finished just yet with a double at Kempton.

Bureaucrat, who threw away certain victory when falling at the final flight on his debut over jumps, made up for that lapse with a fluent pillar-to-post victory for Phillip Hobbs and Richard Johnson in the Karcher Juvenile Novices' Hurdle.