ACCORDION ETOILE is unlikely to be given a prep run ahead of his engagement in the Independent Newspaper Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham on November 13, despite being entered at Fairyhouse on Saturday.

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

JESSICA HARRINGTON is still pondering her options ahead of a decision on whether the brilliant Moscow Flyer will run in the Stan James King George VI Chase on St Stephen's Day.

ONLY four entries have been received for the William Hill — Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown on Saturday.

THE forthcoming Tingle Creek ’Chase at Sandown will surely see one of the great clashes of the season between Azertyuiop and Moscow Flyer and is simply not to be missed.

BEEF OR SALMON, following a minor hiccup in the Munster National at Limerick, can get his Gold Cup prospects back on track by landing the Grade One James Nicholson Wine Merchant Champion ’Chase at Down Royal this afternoon.

Moscow Flyer will face six rivals when Jessica Harrington’s stable star runs in the Betdaq.com Champion Chase on the opening day of the Punchestown Festival tomorrow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has cancelled a planned trip to Uzbekistan and Malaysia because of suicide bomber attacks on a Moscow rock festival that killed 15 people, the Kremlin said today.