Cork All Star is all set for the Bar-One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday after coming through his latest piece of work with flying colours.

Cork All Star, winner of the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival last March, registered a facile success as he made his first appearance over timber in the Winter Festival 2007 Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse.

IF THE BOOKIES had it all their own way for the first three days of the festival, the punters finally had their moment yesterday with victories for heavily backed favourites Wichita Lineman and Kauto Star.

Cork All Star landed odds of 11-2 in the concluding Weatherbys Champion Bumper for the Jessica Harrington team.

WILLIE Mullins plans to be triple-handed as he bids to win the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at Cheltenham for a sixth time.

Willie Mullins unleashed another potential champion bumper contender as Fiveforthree bolted in by seven lengths at Punchestown to receive quotes of 12-1 for the Cheltenham contest from Ladbrokes and William Hill.

LOCAL trainer Eugene O'Sullivan, whose only previous success on the flat came in a ladies race with Sam Vaughan at Killarney, doubled his tally when Head Waiter landed the Coolmore Orpen Maiden at Cork last night.