Entries for the 11 handicaps at the Cheltenham Festival have been unveiled.

NIGEL Twiston-Davies rounded off a wonderful day when Baby Run ran the opposition ragged to take the Christis's Foxhunter Chase.

Aintree Grand National runner-up King Johns Castle is not expected to make a racecourse return for another couple of months.

Andreas will now head straight to the Cheltenham Festival after an easy success in the Ian Cooper Birthday Handicap Hurdle at Ludlow.

An unprecedented 1034 entries have been revealed for the 10 handicap events at the Cheltenham Festival.

Edredon Bleu looks set to have just one run next season if connections can find a suitable race so that he can bring down the curtain on his distinguished career with a win.

NEWCASTLE United's dream run of form has denied coach Terry McDermott and captain Alan Shearer the chance to join their horses on the annual pilgrimage to Cheltenham.

TRAINER Noel Meade yesterday stated his intention to run Harchibald in the Smurfit Champion Hurdle next week “unless we find something really wrong with him”.