One might have thought that bookmakers would have sent Sir Des Champs galloping out in the Cheltenham Gold Cup betting, following that performance at Punchestown on Tuesday.

Camelot, the ante-post favourite for the 2000 Guineas and Derby, pleased Aidan O’Brien as he featured among a huge team of Ballydoyle horses to work after racing at the Curragh yesterday.

THAT was some eye-catching performance by Don Cossack in a bumper at Naas a week ago.

THE Adrian McGuinness trained Beau Amadeus broke his duck in style when landing the €65,000 Derrinstown Stud Birdcatcher Premier Nursery at Naas yesterday.

DUBAI Prince was a highly impressive winner of the Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown yesterday.

JUST a few months after masterminding the career of the exceptional Sea The Stars, things have so far this campaign been fairly quiet for John Oxx.

Just a few months after masterminding the career of the exceptional Sea The Stars, things have so far this campaign been fairly quiet for John Oxx.

THE Curragh this afternoon houses a typically competitive programme and one faces it more in hope than confidence!

JUPITER Pluvius, Aidan O’Brien’s leading candidate for the Stan James 2000 Guineas, pleased the Ballydoyle handler when working yesterday morning.

Jupiter Pluvius, Aidan O’Brien’s leading candidate for the Stan James 2000 Guineas, pleased the Ballydoyle handler when working this morning.

Jupiter Pluvius maintained his unbeaten record in the Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown to provide a bright spot for Aidan O'Brien today.

Bruges is set to tackle the Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown later this month after being forced to miss the Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket this weekend.

CURRAGH trainer Frank Ennis, saddled his first Group winner at Leopardstown yesterday when Confuchius beat his four rivals in the Killavullan Stakes.

GEOFF HUFFER’S promising juvenile Heroes has earned himself a step up in grade after outclassing 12 rivals in a Windsor maiden yesterday.

Wait Watcher, disqualified after beating Silk Blossom in a valuable sales race at the Curragh, may seek compensation in a Group One race in Italy.

FROST GIANT, trained by Aidan O’Brien, ran out a convincing winner of the Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown yesterday.

RUBY WALSH makes a swift return from an elbow injury at Galway this afternoon and is fancied to team up successfully with Southern Vic, trained by his father, Ted, in the W B Galvin and Co EBF Beginners Chase.

Highly-rated Classic hope Grey Swallow had his price for the 2000 Guineas and the Derby slashed yesterday after an impressive victory in the Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown.