DONALD McCAIN’S Overturn will have to defy a stone extra if the versatile performer is to repeat last year’s emphatic victory in the Guinness Galway Handicap Hurdle, the richest National Hunt race in Ireland this year, at Ballybrit on Thursday fortnight.

RECENTLY married David Casey gave Bahrain Storm a fine drive to land the featured Irish Open July 28 to July 31 Chase at the first stage of the Killarney festival last night.

BAHRAIN STORM, winner of the Galway Hurdle in 2009 and runner-up behind Overturn in the race a year ago, got off the mark over fences in the Glenview and Rathbarry Studs Beginners Chase at Tipperary last night.

MOUSE Morris’ horses appear to be well forward and his China Rock gets the vote to land the Grade 2 Gowran Park Champion Chase at the Kilkenny track this afternoon.

ALTHOUGH off the track since June, the Jessica Harrington-trained Bobskier looks good in the two-year-old claimer at Down Royal this evening.

I was absolutely thrilled with No One Tells Me’s run in the Galway Hurdle on Thursday. She really ran an absolute cracker to be fifth in what I think was a great race.

DONALD MCCAIN, a man with a famous pedigree, saddled Overturn to land the Guinness Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit yesterday, in front of an attendance of 44,418.

DIRAR gets the nod to land a typically wide-open Guinness Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit this afternoon.

IT’S nice to be back with you this morning, if only briefly, having been on the sidelines of this great game of ours since last April.

MOON DICE, trained by Paul Flynn and having a first outing since finishing down the field behind Where’s The Dosh at Navan back in December, landed a gamble in the Ladies’ Day 10th October Maiden Hurdle at sun-drenched Limerick last night.

PAUL Nolan reports Cuan Na Grai to be in fine shape as the 2006 Galway Hurdle winner bids to emulate Ansar and also land the big handicap chase at the meeting, the www.thetote.com Galway Plate.

GRA Geal Mo Chroi has a leading chance in the Mayo Advertiser Handicap at Ballinrobe tonight.

Bahrain Storm showed his well-being ahead of a bid to win successive Arthur Guinness Galway Hurdles later this month when striking at Tipperary.

HIBAAYEB gets the vote to land a wide-open Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh tomorrow.

Celestial Halo looks set for his first trip to Ireland after featuring among 12 entries for Sunday’s Toshiba Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown.

THE million dollar question at Listowel today is can I win my fourth Kerry National?

NORTHERN ALLIANCE is fancied to give Tony Martin a first ever success in the Guinness Kerry National at Listowel this afternoon.

THE National Hunt season is just about four months old now and it hasn't been the best of starts for trainer Eoin Griffin.

TIME ELECTRIC, deprived of a good opportunity with the cancellation of Killarney last evening, heads to Kerry tonight, should the meeting pass a 7.30 inspection this morning, for the Ladbrokes’ Gold Rush Handicap Hurdle.

TOM Mullins’ Time Electric can land the nap in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Novice Hurdle at Killarney this evening (meeting subject to 7.30am inspection).

MOUNTAIN SNOW is the nap choice to land the fiercely competitive Waste Disposal Ltd Handicap at Killarney this evening.

GER LYONS’ Reggae Rock is fancied to shrug off top weight in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Auction Maiden at Dundalk this afternoon.

Trainer Pat Flynn is targeting further Flat glory with Bahrain Storm before switching his attentions back to hurdling.

A massive gamble on Deutschland, in the Arthur Guinness Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit yesterday, went astray when he proved no match for the Pat Flynn-trained 20-1 shot Bahrain Storm.

UNIVERSAL TRUTH, a horse who has been good to us in the past, is the nap choice in the Guinness Race at Galway tonight.

Bahrain Storm has won the Arthur Guinness Galway Hurdle Handicap at the Galwat Races today.

BACK-IN-FORM Pat Flynn saddled Bahrain Storm to land a gamble in the E.P.S. Mallow Hurdle at Cork last night.

HER Majesty’s Plate, over a mile and five furlongs, is easily the best contest on the programme at Down Royal this evening.

P’tit Fute made amends for a disappointing run on the opening day of the Galway Festival with victory back at Ballybrit today.

TANGO FOXTROT is the nap choice to land the Eddies Hardware Race for Willie Mullins at Bellewstown tonight.

OFF THE MARK can prove on the mark by landing the nap in the Walsh Western Maiden Hurdle at Limerick tonight.

Lord Killucan got punters off to a flying start on day three of the Punchestown Festival with success in the KFM Hunters Chase for the Bishopscourt Cup.

THERE was a fair old smell of burning rubber after Alabama Banjo had got beaten in the Tote Placepot Rollover Today Maiden Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

Bahrain Storm has Pat Flynn dreaming of more Cheltenham Festival glory after a bloodless 15-length win in the Tote Placepot Rollover Maiden Hurdle at Limerick.

CHARLIE SWAN’S Sorry Al can make a winning debut over fences in the Wines Direct Beginners Chase at Kilbeggan tonight.