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

THE notion Mikael d’Haguenet might one day develop into a Cheltenham Gold Cup horse has long been forgotten, but he retains a fair amount of ability and is the nap choice in the Trinity Motor Neuron Disease Research Hurdle at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

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.

A 21-YEAR-OLD man remains in garda custody following an armed raid on a bookmakers shop in Galway on Wednesday at 4.30pm.

HURRICANE FLY confirmed Punchestown Festival superiority over Solwhit when beating his rival by a snug length and a half in the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday.

Tomorrow's big meeting at Fairyhouse has been cancelled with three inches of snow covering the track.

WILLIE MULLINS expects Hurricane Fly to handle the step back up in trip as he tackles tomorrow’s Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse.

SUBLIMITY may run on Saturday at Fairyhouse, having been ruled out of Newcastle’s StanJames.com Fighting Fifth Hurdle by trainer Robbie Hennessy.

HURRICANE FLY heads 13 five-day entries for the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

The FTSE 100 Index plunged more than 2% today as investors headed for the exit following Germany’s shock move to prevent speculators betting against the eurozone.

Chancellor Alistair Darling’s pre-election Budget did little for the London market today despite slightly better news on the public finances.

The FTSE 100 Index slid almost 2% into the red today as the spectre of US interest rate hikes overshadowed trading.

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.

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.

Former Champion Hurdle winner Brave Inca appears none the worse after his first run in 18 months at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

Hurricane Fly justified the 2-1 favouritism by winning the Bar One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle, but he was made to fight all the way by Donnas Palm.

Blue chip stocks ended the session in negative territory today as concerns over the US economy added to HSBC’s profits gloom.

The London market made slight headway today despite more hefty writedowns for banking giant HSBC.

Stricken bank Northern Rock is one of seven blue chip firms expected to be relegated from the FTSE 100 Index today, in its biggest shake-up since the September 11 terrorist attacks.

The FTSE 100 Index fell into negative territory today as trading fears in the leisure sector put blue-chips under pressure.

A shares rebound from embattled mortgage specialist Alliance & Leicester helped the London market bank a second day of gains today.