Ruby Walsh is more worried about Djakadam having had only three runs over fences rather than the fact that he is only a five-year-old going into Saturday’s Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury.

Ballycasey swept the opposition aside with a slick display of jumping from the front to take the feature Race That Stops A County ’Thyestes Jan 22nd 2015 Chase at Gowran Park on Saturday.

Noel Meade still hopes to get Monksland back on the track by Christmas at the latest after a near two-year lay-off.

Ted Walsh’s Foxrock gets the nap to land a cracking Dermot Fagan Lifetime Achievement In Racing Beginners Chase at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

Dull might be the best word to describe what’s on offer in Ireland this weekend, but the show goes on and the nap vote at Tramore today falls on Raajih in the Summerhill Shopping Centre Beginners Chase.

Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh combined for a big Grade 1 double at Fairyhouse yesterday with Zaidpour and Arvika Ligeonniere.

Leading bumper horse Champagne Fever is one of seven remaining entries in the Bar One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

Dessie Hughes is hoping Magnanimity can gain a confidence-boosting success at Thurles a week on Thursday before stepping him back up in grade.

VOLER La Vedette made her Grade 1 breakthrough when outclassing her three rivals in the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday, where Ruby Walsh bagged the other Grade 1 events on Sous Les Cieux and Bog Warrior.

NOEL Meade and Willie Mullins lead the way with two entries apiece in Sunday’s Bar One Racing Royal Bond Hurdle at Fairyhouse.

Willie Mullins is responsible for four of the seven five-day acceptors for the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

Colm Murphy’s star mare Voler La Vedette will bid for a first Grade One victory in the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

FORMER Armagh footballer Oisín McConville, who highlighted his chronic gambling problem in his autobiography and who now counsels addicts, says it is far from ideal that his club is now being sponsored by a bookmaker.

Willie Mullins endured a day of mixed fortunes in the major events at Fairyhouse with two Grade One triumphs soured by the fall of great hope Mikael D'Haguenet today.

Solwhit and Hurricane Fly feature among a final field of 11 runners in the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse tomorrow.

EXCITING Mikael D’Haguenet might overshadow the other Grade 1 stars on show at Fairyhouse tomorrow by making a successful start over Irish fences in the Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase.

Tom Mullins admits Oscar Dan Dan faces a tough task as he defends his crown in the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle on Sunday.

Willie Mullins expressed delight after Mikael D’Haguenet and Hurricane Fly came through a racecourse gallop with flying colours.

PHILIP Fenton is in no rush to make any future plans for Dunguib after his awesome display in the Bar One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Wednesday.

NOEL Meade was delighted to see Pandorama silence the doubters by running out an impressive winner of the Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase at Fairyhouse yesterday.

CATCH ME, successful in the contest a year ago, can again do the business in the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse’s rescheduled triple Grade 1 meeting this afternoon.

A dramatic change in fortunes has seen the ground dry out at Fairyhouse and officials are expecting tomorrow’s star-studded card to pass without incident.

Ninetieth Minute is set to test his mettle in Grade One company for the first time in the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday week.

SOME Present could return to action at Fairyhouse towards the end of the month after his second-place finish at Cheltenham on Friday.

Willie Mullins plans to send a strong team for the Grade One races, sponsored by Bar One Racing, at the two-day meeting at Fairyhouse on November 28 and 29.

TRAFFORD LAD, a horse who has been good to us in the past, is again entrusted with the nap in the Bar One Racing Drinmore Chase on a smashing card at Fairyhouse tomorrow.

EOIN Griffin realises the stiff task facing Kazal in the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

THOMAS Cooper is happy with the condition of Forpadydeplasterer ahead of the Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

Thomas Cooper is happy with the condition of Forpadydeplasterer ahead of the Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase at Fairyhouse on Sunday.