Un De Sceaux could make his seasonal return in the Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown two weeks today.

Willie Mullins enjoyed a clean sweep of the Grade 1 events on the opening day of the Punchestown Festival, but some second-string representatives were called upon to help deliver the treble in front of a record opening-day crowd of 20,214.

The Punchestown Festival kicks off with the Fr Sean Breen Memorial Chase and Wish Ye Didnt gets the nap to set punters off on the right foot.

The Supreme Novices’ Hurdle gets the 2015 Cheltenham Festival up and running, and the Willie Mullins-trained Shaneshill looks a value option against favourite and stable companion Douvan, writes Tommy Lyons.

The talk is over and the action about to get underway at the Cheltenham Festival, and I’m hoping for a great start to the meeting as I’m riding four horses, all of which are favourite, writes Ruby Walsh.

An estimated €125m will be wagered in Cheltenham this week as hundreds of thousands flock to the iconic course for AP McCoy’s swansong.

Exciting prospect Gilgamboa enhanced his reputation with a terrific display in the featured Grade 2 Shannon Airport Novice Chase yesterday at Limerick.

Arvika Ligeonniere is one of five entries from Willie Mullins in the Frank Ward Solicitors Arkle Chase at Leopardstown on January 27.

The Imperial Cup (3.15) provides a nice teaser to the Cheltenham Festival and whoever solves the Sandown puzzle can go into next week’s four-day fiesta with a spring in their step.

Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Long Run could face up to seven rivals in the rearranged Betfair Denman Chase at Newbury on Friday.

A NEW addition to the Festival, it attracts those novices that don’t possess the speed for the Arkle but similarly don’t have the stamina or will to tackle the RSA Chase.

An Cathaoir Mor, trained by Henry de Bromhead and ridden by David Casey, has won the Grade One Frank Ward Solicitors Arkle Novice Chase at Leopardstown.

NIGEL Twiston-Davies has revealed a sore shin was to blame for Fundamentalist’s poor display of jumping at Cheltenham on Saturday.

ALAN KING expressed his shock at Kauto Star’s participation in the William Hill – Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown on Saturday.

Some 5,000 Irish racing fans make an annual pilgrimage to the Cheltenham Festival in hope of teaching the home team a lesson or two.

Paul Nicholls has assembled a team of some 30 horses for next week’s Cheltenham Festival, the Olympics of British and Irish jumps racing.

JESSICA HARRINGTON will put the finishing touches to Moscow Flyer’s Cheltenham Festival preparations with a spin over fences today.

Revellers who braved the inevitable New Year hangovers to be at Cheltenham on Saturday suffered something of an anti-climax as rising star Fundamentalist fluffed his lines badly in the Unicoin Homes “Dipper” Novices’ Chase.

KICKING KING made a perfect start to his season by claiming the Grade Two National Lottery Agent Champion Chase at Gowran Park yesterday.

Kicking King made a perfect start to his season by claiming the Grade Two National Lottery Agent Champion Chase at Gowran today.

End-of-season formlines can often prove deceptive and punters were stung again when Hasty Prince proved the surprise package on the first day of the Betfred Gold Cup meeting at Sandown Park on Friday.

ROOSTER BOOSTER is in "tip-top shape" for his bid to complete back-to-back victories in the Smurfit Champion Hurdle on today's opening day of the Cheltenham Festival.

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Rooster Booster enhanced his Smurfit Champion Hurdle aspirations when powering to success under top-weight in the Rehabilitation of Racehorses Hurdle at Cheltenham today.

Despite the name, there was nothing fishy about the result of Sandown’s big race as Billingsgate continued his fantastic return from the injury list when taking the €65,800 Agfa Diamond Handicap Chase.