A BRAVE security guard prevented armed robbers from stealing a large sum of cash from a bank in Co Cork.

Brave Tube workers ignored safety concerns and ventured into a tunnel to help the bloodied victims of the July 7 bombings, an inquest heard today.

MANAGER Liam Buckley’s pre-match wish of keeping it tight and hoping to score first never materialised as Sporting Fingal bowed out of Europe at Dalymount Park last night.

Impressive debut winner St Nicholas Abbey is likely to head Aidan O’Brien’s assault on the Juddmonte Beresford Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.

Plans for Hardy Eustace have been put on hold while connections try to discover why the dual Champion Hurdle hero has run below expectations on his last two starts.

Course specialist Exotic Dancer gets the nod to land the totesport Gold Cup at the final stage of the Cheltenham Festival this afternoon.

Eoin Griffin’s filly Lounaos heads 41 acceptors at the confirmation stage for the JCB Triumph Hurdle on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival.

DARYL JACOB insists he feels under no extra pressure ahead of The Listener’s engagement in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at the weekend.

THE AIG Europe Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown tomorrow has attracted what can only be described as an extraordinary line-up.

CHAMPION Hurdler Brave Inca will face a maximum of eight rivals in what looks a fascinating renewal of the AIG Europe Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday.

TONY McCoy, as expected, has been claimed to partner Clan Royal in the Becher Chase at Aintree and so misses the ride on Brave Inca in the Maplewood Developments Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown tomorrow.

NOEL MEADE has decided to sidestep Sunday's Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown with Harchibald and Iktitaf will do duty for the stable instead.

Champion Hurdle hero Brave Inca is likely to face four rivals as he bids for a Festival double at Punchestown on Friday.

CHELTENHAM Gold Cup winner War Of Attrition has been installed the even-money favourite by Cashmans for tomorrow’s Guinness Gold Cup at Punchestown.

Francois Doumen believes Baracouda is as good as last year ahead of his bid to go one better in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle and claim the Cheltenham’s stayers’ championship for a third time tomorrow.

Some 5,000 Irish racing fans make an annual pilgrimage to the Cheltenham Festival in hope of teaching the home team a lesson or two.

Brave Inca will have one more serious gallop before travelling to Cheltenham in his bid to justify favouritism in the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle on March 14.

Thirty-nine horses remain in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup after the latest forfeit stage.

LOOK down through the betting for the Champion Hurdle and ask yourself one question - what can beat Brave Inca?

Derby-winning jockey Johnny Murtagh is set to have his first ride at the Cheltenham Festival after it was confirmed Golden Cross is to be trained for the Ladbrokes World Hurdle in March.

DESSIE HUGHES is in a bullish mood ahead of Hardy Eustace’s rematch with Macs Joy and Brave Inca in the AIG Europe Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown tomorrow.

HARDY EUSTACE was reported to be in fine shape ahead of the AIG Europe Champion Hurdle on Sunday.

Arcalis, impressive winner of the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham last March, is far from certain to take his chance in the Champion Hurdle Trial at Haydock on Saturday.

NOEL MEADE believes it will be a “miracle” if Harchibald runs again this season after undergoing an operation to remove a piece of wood or birch lodged in his leg.

IF ever a horse was aptly named it is surely Brave Inca.

Voy Por Ustedes emerged as a live candidate for the Arkle Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival in March after he made it two wins from as many starts over fences at Plumpton.

ISN'T it smashing that Kicking King is going to be involved in a real race at Haydock on Saturday.

A BRAVE survivor whose suffering symbolised the horror of the London terrorist attacks has thanked the British public for their heartfelt support.

LADBROKES World Hurdle winner Inglis Drever will try to supplement his Cheltenham success in the Scottish & Newcastle Aintree Hurdle at the Merseyside course on Saturday.

IT IS SAID that the best method of asserting an opinion is to put your money where your mouth is.

Hardy Eustace landed back-to-back runnings of the Smurfit Champion Hurdle in a thrilling renewal of the showpiece event at Cheltenham today.

MACS JOY, fresh from Grade One success over the Christmas period, will try and complete the first leg of the Irish-English Champion Hurdle double at Leopardstown tomorrow.

HARCHIBALD, ante-post favourite for the Smurfit Champion Hurdle, secured his passage to Kempton for the Stan James Christmas Hurdle by delighting Noel Meade in a gallop yesterday morning.

SOLERINA and Hardy Eustace, first and second at Navan two weeks ago, are on course to clash at Leopardstown next Wednesday.

MOSCOW FLYER appears to have scared off most of his rivals as he faces a maximum of five challengers in the Paddy Power Dial-a-Bet Chase at Leopardstown next Monday.

Connections of Solerina hinted strongly today that the front-running Irish mare would take her chance in the Smurfit Champion Hurdle if the word “soft” appeared in the going description.

EIGHT horses remain in Sunday’s Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown, headed by last year’s winner, Beef Or Salmon.

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