Truckers Tavern heads a four-strong Sue Smith team who are amongst 30 entries for the skybet.com Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase at Wetherby on Boxing Day.

Oneway is firmly on course for the skybet.com Castleford Chase at Wetherby later this month.

Kauto Star will have just one more outing before his crack at the Queen Mother Champion Chase when he contests the totepool Game Spirit Chase at Newbury in February.

Albuhera is to form an important part of Paul Nicholls’ Christmas operation following his decisive success over Copsale Lad in the Dubai Duty Free Fulke Walwyn Novices’ Chase at Newbury.

Unoriginal it may be, but it is difficult to look past likely favourite Kicking King in the inaugural Betfair Chase at Haydock tomorrow.

Best Mate will face 10 rivals as the triple-Cheltenham Gold Cup winner makes his eagerly-anticipated return to action at Exeter on Tuesday.

GOLD CUP hopeful Grey Abbey will be out to stir the emotions with another bold front-running display in the Pillar Property Chase at Cheltenham today.

Old rivals Azertyuiop and Moscow Flyer head a total of just 19 entries for the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in March.

Martin Pipe’s Well Chief was today reported to be “a bit stiff” following his fall at Wetherby on Monday.

MONTE CINTO is now the 9-2 favourite for Saturday’s Ladbroke Handicap Hurdle after the five-day entries were revealed yesterday.

MISTER MCGOLDRICK capitalised on Well Chief’s departure four fences from home to record his sixth course win in the sskybet.com Castleford Chase at Wetherby yesterday.

Wetherby’s skybet.com Castleford Chase, which was lost to the weather yesterday, has been rescheduled for next Monday’s meeting at the West Yorkshire track.

TRAINER Tom Taaffe reports Kicking King to be “100 per cent” ahead of his big test in the Stan James King George VI Chase on St Stephen’s Day.

Paul Nicholls has confirmed that Azertyuiop will run in Sunday’s Stan James King George VI Chase at Kempton.

RUBY WALSH has opted to ride Azertyuiop instead of stable companion and second-favourite Le Roi Miguel in Sunday’s Stan James King George VI Chase at Kempton Park.

PAUL NICHOLLS is keeping his options open for the skybet.com Castleford Chase, with four entries for the £50,000 contest at Wetherby on Monday.

Paul Nicholls is keeping his options open for the skybet.com Castleford Chase, with four entries for the £50,000 (€72,000) contest at Wetherby on Monday.

Paul Nicholls is to delay a decision on Azertyuiop’s participation in the Stan James King George VI Chase until Thursday morning, when final declarations for Sunday’s showpiece are made.

CHRISTMAS plans for Azertyuiop remain uncertain as Paul Nicholls considers whether to step his star two-miler up in distance for the Stan James King George VI Chase at Kempton on St Stephen's Day.

PAUL NICHOLLS is still unsure whether his crack two-miler Azertyuiop will step up in distance for the Stan James King George VI Chase at Kempton on St Stephen’s Day.

BEST MATE remains odds-on across the board to win an historic third Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup following the publication of the entries yesterday.

Best Mate heads the 32 entries revealed today for the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup, which takes place on March 18.

AZERTYUIOP, second to Moscow Flyer in the William Hill Tingle Creek Trophy at Sandown in December, faces a tough task giving weight all round in Saturday’s Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot.

PAUL NICHOLLS is making a very strong bid to land the jump trainers’ championship for the first time and Kadarann did his bit for the cause when landing the £50,000 skybetvegas.com Castleford Chase at Wetherby yesterday.

Moscow Flyer confirmed his status as the best two-mile chaser in the British Isles with a breathtaking victory at Sandown yesterday.