TOM GEORGE and Paul Nicholls had a complete turnaround in fortunes than when in opposition at Newbury’s previous fixture as Nicholls’ Twist Magic lost his life in a dramatic Peterborough Chase won by the George-trained Tartak.

Tom George and Paul Nicholls had a complete turnaround in fortunes than when in opposition at Newbury's previous fixture as Nicholls' Twist Magic lost his life in a dramatic Peterborough Chase won by the George-trained Tartak today.

TWIST MAGIC and The Nightingale feature among a strong entry for champion trainer Paul Nicholls in the totesport.com Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon on Thursday.

Saturday’s big Tingle Creek meeting at Sandown is subject to an inspection at 3pm this afternoon.

SANDOWN’S big meeting on Saturday, featuring the Tingle Creek Chase, is already under threat from the current cold spell.

Sandown's big meeting on Saturday, featuring the Tingle Creek Chase, is already under threat from the current cold spell.

QUEEN MOTHER Champion Chase hero Big Zeb is on course to begin the new winter campaign at Navan next month.

WILLIE MULLINS’ Golden Silver, a proven mud-lark, showed he is just as effective on a sound surface when landing the Boylesports.com Champion Chase at Punchestown yesterday.

The Punchestown Racing Festival gets underway this afternoon, with most of the top English raiders expected to take their places in the field despite the travel restrictions over the last few days.

FORPADYDEPLASTERER has one last chance to get a win on the board this season in tomorrow’s Boylesports.com Champion Chase on the opening day of the Punchestown Festival.

FORPADYDEPLASTERER could be given one more chance to gain a deserved first success of the season in the Boylesports.com Champion Chase at Punchestown on Tuesday.

IRISH racing received a major boost yesterday with the news that Boylesports.com is the new title sponsor of the opening day of this year’s Punchestown Festival.

PAUL Nolan is unlikely to give unbeaten hurdler Shinrock Paddy another outing before he heads to Cheltenham next month.

Big Zeb’s Champion Chase aspirations were realigned courtesy of a highly impressive performance at Punchestown.

THE progressive Saludos can land the Grade 2 Festival Party Pack Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle at Punchestown tomorrow.

GRAND National winner Mon Mome heads a final field of 12 runners for the Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock tomorrow.

Twist Magic made every yard of the running under Ruby Walsh to land the Keith Prowse Hospitality Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown.

NO Master Minded today, so I have to settle for Twist Magic in what looks a fascinating Tingle Creek at Sandown.

Master Minded will be the star of the opening day of the Punchestown Festival as jump racing’s outstanding two-miler faces just five rivals in the Kerrygold Champion Chase.

A run in the John Smith’s Grand National seems unlikely for Denman unless something goes wrong in his pursuit of back-to-back Cheltenham Gold Cups.

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

WELL, the moment of truth has finally arrived and at Down Royal today we will find out if Kauto Star is back to his best.

Ruby Walsh moved ever closer to the Irish jump jockeys’ title with victory on Twist Magic in the Kerrygold Champion Chase at Punchestown.

It is being touted as the greatest Gold Cup match-up since Arkle took on Mill House in 1964, but this year’s duel between Kauto Star and Denman has a very personal context for legendary gambler Harry Findlay. Declan Colley reports.

KICKING King is more likely to continue on the comeback trail in the Red Mills Chase at Gowran on February 16 than in the Irish Hennessy next weekend.

Voy Por Ustedes will line-up in Saturday’s totepool Game Spirit Chase at Newbury, as long as the ground is not bottomless.

Twist Magic floundered in the testing ground and suffered a shock reverse at the hands of front-running Tamarinbleu in the Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot.

PAUL Nicholls has red-hot favourite Twist Magic “in seriously good order” for the Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot today.

Twist Magic heads 15 entries for the Grade One Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot on January 19.

VOY Por Ustedes will enjoy a well-deserved break after regaining the winning thread at Kempton over the Christmas period.

THE rapidly improving Arthur Moore-trained Mansony continued his surge to the top when landing the Grade 1 Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown yesterday.

Connections of Voy Por Ustedes are looking forward to a rematch with Twist Magic in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

Twist Magic (5-1) ran out an impressive winner of the paddypower.com Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown.

ANTE-POST punters still face a confused picture ahead of Saturday’s paddypower.com Tingle Creek Chase, with Paul Nicholls no closer to finalising running plans for his major players at Sandown.

PAUL Nicholls has put Kauto Star on stand-by for the paddypower.com Tingle Creek Chase in case the ground is testing at Sandown on Saturday.

PABLO Du Charmil took full advantage of a weakened William Hill Gold Cup Chase at Exeter with a thrilling front-running performance yesterday.