This afternoon’s meeting at Leopardstown, featuring the Hennessy Gold Cup, has been cancelled due to waterlogging.

I have decided to ride Kauto Star, in preference to Denman, in next month’s Cheltenham Gold Cup.

THE public relations merchants for the ante-post firms have been on overdrive this week, letting us know about the sustained gamble on Cooldine for Sunday’s Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown.

Pandorama took advantage of the final flight fall of Cousin Vinny to take top honours in the Deloitte Novice Hurdle.

GLENFINN CAPTAIN can get us off to the ideal start for the weekend by landing the Grade 2 Red Mills Chase at Gowran Park this afternoon.

WHEN we walk out of Leopardstown on Sunday night, chances are that the Cheltenham Festival picture will be a lot clearer.

Forpadydeplasterer is on course to return to Leopardstown in three weeks’ time following his fine effort at the Dublin track last month.

THE rapidly improving Arthur Moore-trained Mansony continued his surge to the top when landing the Grade 1 Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown yesterday.

Noel Meade and Paul Carberry prolonged their run of red-hot form with a Grade One double at Fairyhouse.

BARRY GERAGHTY, at Anfield last night to watch Liverpool play Barcelona in the Champions’ League, confesses to being “puzzled” by Macs Joy’s shock defeat to Newmill in the Red Mills Trial Hurdle at Gowran Park last month.

COLM MURPHY said yesterday he has given “no thought whatsoever” to who will ride champion hurdler Brave Inca in the future.

YOU would have to be forgiven for thinking that Beef Or Salmon will enjoy little more than a good school in the richly-endowed Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown on Sunday.

SWEET WAKE, two from two over flights, is now the clear favourite for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Sweet Kiln put up a gutsy performance to get the better of Carraig Blue in the Mulhaddart Novice Hurdle after a dour struggle at Fairyhouse today.