RUBY WALSH, absent since fracturing his hip at the Listowel Festival in the middle of September, can make a triumphant return aboard Thaix in the Clover Hill Hurdle at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

PATRIZIO can prove too strong for Just In Debt in the Co-Op Hardware and Supermarket Novice Hurdle at Tipperary this evening.

AUSTIN LEAHY continued his recent good run when Bluebell Line charged home to grab front-running Kerry Way in the Knockmealdown Handicap at Clonmel last night.