Full horse boxes have been arriving back at Willie Mullins’ yards in recent days and weeks, and so we’re getting ready for a very busy but equally exciting spell.

Don Cossack is set to have his last run before the Cheltenham Festival in the Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles on January 15.

It’s great to be back again. I’ve been riding out since before Listowel but wasn’t fit enough to ride then. I got the all clear 10 days ago and have had three rides since then, which, thankfully, all won.

Katie Walsh, sister of the legendary, Ruby, and daughter of another legend, Ted, became the first woman to win the Guinness Kerry National when giving Your Busy an outstanding ride at Listowel yesterday.

Owner Robert Waley-Cohen and his jockey-son, Sam, have enjoyed unprecedented success over the Aintree fences but it could all pale into insignificance if Long Run wins the first £1m (€1.2m) renewal of the Crabbie’s Grand National.

A total of 115 entries, the highest since 2009, have been attracted to the first £1m Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree on April 5.

Trainer Dessie Hughes is concerned conditions at Navan will not be testing enough for last year’s winner Tofino Bay and Raz De Maree in tomorrow’s Ladbrokes Troytown Handicap Chase.

Aidan O’Brien looks to have an exciting jumper on his hands again after the impressive success of Carriganog in the I.N.H Stallion Owners EBF Novice Hurdle at Wexford.

Dessie Hughes’ Raz De Maree followed his recent success in the Munster National at Limerick by adding the Paddy Power Cork Grand National at Cork yesterday.

Today's meeting at Chepstow is what I consider to be the start of the proper national hunt season and Paul Nicholls likes to make a statement on the first day so I'm really looking forward to my six mounts.

Off the track since finishing unplaced in the Munster National last October, Casey Top captured the featured McSweeney Arms Hotel Handicap Chase in Killarney yesterday.

The in-form Muirhead leads a four-pronged Irish challenge on the United House Gold Cup Handicap Chase at Ascot on Saturday.

REIZOVIC should make a winning start to his hurdling career in the New Tote Sports Lounge Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse today.

EOIN Griffin is hoping The Last Derby can regain his sparkle in the paddypower.com Cork Grand National at the Mallow course on Sunday.

ADRIAN MAGUIRE’S Golden Kite will bid for a National double at Cork on Sunday.

Adrian Maguire's Golden Kite will bid for a National double at Cork on Sunday.

CHELTENHAM is a magical place and I am really looking forward to seven rides there this afternoon for Paul Nicholls.

MICHAEL HOURIGAN believes Dancing Tornado is the “one they have to beat” in the Ladbrokes.com Munster National at Limerick tomorrow.

IN LOTS of ways, at least for me, today marks the real start of the National Hunt season. I’m at Chepstow and ride seven horses for Paul Nicholls.

Tom Taaffe is hoping to prepare both Treacle and Cane Brake for a crack at the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree next April.

Munster National hero Treacle will bid for more big-race honours in the Troytown Handicap Chase at Navan on Sunday.

PAUL NICHOLLS reports ante-post favourite Big Buck’s to be in fine shape ahead of the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup on Saturday.

TODAY’S featured Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase at Cheltenham is typically competitive for a race of its nature but there’s no doubt that the Nicholls-Walsh partnership will be centre of attention once more as they team up with favourite Silverburn.

BARRY GERAGHTY has been passed fit to ride former Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kicking King in The Star “Best For Racing Coverage” Chase at Punchestown tomorrow.

CASEY JONES, making a quick reappearance after departing the scene early on his debut over fences at Gowran Park eight days ago, gets the nap in the Book Online Beginners Chase at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

Ponmeoath will bid to add Sunday's Ladbrokes.com Munster National at Limerick to his success in the Kerry National.

Ponmeoath secured back-to-back successes for trainer Eric McNamara as he powered away with the Guinness Kerry National at Listowel.

THE Powers’ Whiskey Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse today is as open a contest as you can get, but a little each-way on Ballycullen Boy may not miss the target by much.

MOSSBANK, so impressive when winning the Munster National at Limerick, stepped up in class in spectacular fashion to land the Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase at Clonmel yesterday.

ERIC MCNAMARA enjoyed the biggest domestic success of his career when saddling Ponmeoath to land the Guinness Kerry National at Listowel yesterday.

ON FEBRUARY 8, 1998, Imperial Call ran his final race under the guidance of Fergie Sutherland, who had famously trained him to success in the 1996 Cheltenham Gold Cup.

MUNSTER National hero Pearly Jack returned to the scene of the crime to take the ladbrokes.com Handicap Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

Munster National winner Pearly Jack is likely to have a spin over hurdles this weekend before bidding for more high-profile glory in the totesport.com Becher Chase at Aintree on November 19.

EURO lottery millionaire Dolores McNamara has decided to try her great luck in the Sport of Kings with the purchase of a racehorse.

Cheltenham Gold Cup hero War Of Attrition faces six rivals on his return to the track at Punchestown on Thursday.

Pat Fahy believes Mariah Rollins can “run a big race” in the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday.

Star Clipper won a thrilling Munster National at Limerick this afternoon.

Lord Sam is set to return after over nine months off the track in the Anglo Irish Bank Munster National at Limerick on Sunday.

MICHAEL HOURIGAN yesterday confirmed that Beef Or Salmon will definitely miss the €60,000 Grade Two Clonmel Oil Chase at the Tipperary track next Thursday.

Beef Or Salmon is out to take Best Mate’s crown and he gets the chance to prove his worth in the Grade One James Nicholson Wine Merchant Champion Chase at Down Royal tomorrow.

THIRTEEN horses remain in Saturday’s eagerly awaited James Nicholson Wine Merchant Champion Chase at Down Royal, following yesterday’s supplementary and forfeit stage.

Beef Or Salmon continued his preparation for his next outing at Down Royal on Saturday week with a workout at his Co Limerick base this morning.

THEY came in their thousands to see Cheltenham Gold Cup aspirant Beef Or Salmon at Limerick yesterday, but the eight-year-old could only manage a disappointing fifth behind Colca Canyon in the Munster National.