STONEMASTER should crown a great week for Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary and his Gigginstown House Stud colours by landing the www. racinghomeforeaster.com Hurdle in Cork tomorrow.

WILLIE AUSTIN, a man who has long known the time of day, produced 12-1 shot Mossey Joe to land the Grade 3 O’Connell Group Stayers’ Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

Paul Townend gave Macville a fine ride to prevail in the Greenmount Park Novice Hurdle at Limerick today.

FIRST BEAUTY has to be a reasonably confident choice to land the Oran Novice Hurdle at Roscommon tonight.

THE Town And District Chase at Tipperary last night was robbed of much of its interest due to the defection of Cuan Na Grai with a stone bruise.

Paul Nicholls’ Noland stayed on strongly in the testing conditions to get the better of fellow British raider The Listener in a thrilling finish to the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase.

Pandorama maintained his unbeaten record with a bloodless victory in the “Monksfield” Novice Hurdle at Navan.

Jessica Harrington notched her first winner of the week as Desert Abbey battled to victory in the William Hill In Ireland Novice Hurdle at Galway.

Nicanor, the only horse to have beaten Denman to date, has had his novice chase career put on hold after Noel Meade spotted a minor injury.

Perce Rock, runner-up to Silverburn in the Tolworth Hurdle, is set to tackle Sunday’s Byrne Group Plc Novice Hurdle at Punchestown.

RUBY WALSH, miles clear in the jockeys' championship with 91 successes for the season, can continue his relentless drive towards the magical century mark by landing a treble at Thurles this afternoon.

Supreme Peace saw out the trip best to land the opening race at Punchestown this afternoon, the Event Power Handicap Hurdle.

WHAT’SONYOURMIND booked his ticket to the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at Cheltenham when making a successful debut, in very testing conditions, at Navan yesterday.

KICKHAM, owned by J.P. McManus , seventh in the Galway Guinness Hurdle, got back to winning form at Tipperary yesterday with a hard earned win in the Frank Hogan Limerick Mercedes Benz Novice Hurdle.

Globetrotting gelding Sabadilla landed a surprise win in the €170,000 Guinness Handicap Hurdle at the Galway Festival this afternoon.

NOW that Willie Mullins’ horses are finally hitting top gear, his Heezapistol looks well worth risking in the Holycross Novice Chase at Thurles this afternoon.

FRANCES CROWLEY’S Hidden Genius, taken from some 5-4 to evens and the medium of one bet of €12,500 to €10,000 with leading layer David Hyland, was given a confident drive by Shay Barry to win the Saltan Properties Maiden Hurdle at a bitterly cold Tramore yesterday.