Charles Byrnes is keeping everything crossed he can keep Weapon’s Amnesty and Solwhit in one piece this season after welcoming his two stable stars back into training following lengthy absences.

THE Giant Bolster can put another dent in the reputation of Time For Rupert in the Betfair Graduation Chase at Newbury today.

RUBY WALSH’S 2010 Cheltenham Festival may not have been quite all he had hoped for but the Irish Examiner columnist ended up the leading jockey at the meeting for the fifth time.

Dunguib’s pursuit of Cheltenham glory went up in smoke as Menorah claimed a pulsating renewal of the Spinal Research Supreme Novices’ Hurdle – the first race of the 2010 Cheltenham Festival.