Rathgar Beau justified favouritism with a smooth victory in the O’Connell Warehousing Hilly Way Chase at Cork today.

TODAY’S Tingle Creek Chase encounter at Sandown between Azertyuiop and Moscow Flyer is being touted by the racing world as one of the sport’s great showdowns, and few can possibly doubt that the prospect of these two Champion Chase winners clashing once more could go down in the annals of the sport as a genuine ‘never-to-be-forgotten’ moment.

A further six entries for the William Hill Tingle Creek Trophy today mean that Azertyuiop and Moscow Flyer have not completely frightened off the opposition at Sandown on Saturday.

AZERTYUIOP showed he will be a tough nut to crack in the major two-mile chases this season by defying top weight on his reappearance at Exeter yesterday.

AZERTYUIOP bids to put his first-fence exit in last year’s William Hill Haldon Gold Cup behind him when he lines up for the Grade Two race at Exeter today.

STAR performers such as Hardy Eustace, Harbour Pilot and Moscow Flyer are likely to be attracted by record prize money of €1.7m at the four-day Punchestown Festival next month.

Philip Hobbs and Richard Johnson, responsible for Queen Mother Champion Chase runner-up Flagship Uberalles, went one better through Monkerhostin in the Coral Cup today.

ROOSTER BOOSTER is in "tip-top shape" for his bid to complete back-to-back victories in the Smurfit Champion Hurdle on today's opening day of the Cheltenham Festival.

BEST MATE remains odds-on across the board to win an historic third Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup following the publication of the entries yesterday.

Best Mate heads the 32 entries revealed today for the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup, which takes place on March 18.

PAUL NICHOLLS is making a very strong bid to land the jump trainers’ championship for the first time and Kadarann did his bit for the cause when landing the £50,000 skybetvegas.com Castleford Chase at Wetherby yesterday.

Moscow Flyer is now the 6-4 favourite to repeat last season’s victory in the Queen Mother Champion Chase after being the subject of a substantial bet.

Moscow Flyer confirmed his status as the best two-mile chaser in the British Isles with a breathtaking victory at Sandown yesterday.

PHILIP HOBBS reiterated yesterday that Flagship Uberalles has it to do when he bids for a fourth success in the William Hill – Tingle Creek Trophy at Sandown tomorrow.

PAUL NICHOLLS cannot choose between his three runners in the £100,000 William Hill – Tingle Creek Trophy at Sandown.

LATALOMNE, a faller at the penultimate fence in the last two runnings of the Queen Mother Champion Chase, can land a well-deserved success at Cheltenham today.

Sandown Park have announced a three-year deal for William Hill to sponsor the Tingle Creek Meeting at the track

A BATTLE plan devised for Cheltenham Festival in the heat of July involving a a horse with just four runs on the board might seem like mid-summer madness. But to trainer Noel Chance it made perfect sense.

PHILIP HOBBS unveiled his impressive team for Cheltenham at his Somerset yard yesterday headed

Moscow Flyer remains unchanged as 11-4 favourite for the Queen Mother Champion Chase with Coral following a comfortable victory at Punchestown today.

NATIVE UPMANSHIP, winner of the race a year ago, has to be fancied to do the business again in the MacLochlainn Road Markings Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles this afternoon.

Flagship Uberalles is none the worse for his stumble at Sandown on Saturday and may have one more outing before attempting to repeat last season's victory in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham in March.

GODOLPHIN’S Hong Kong Cup contender Grandera pleased connections as he worked with stablemate Atlantis Prince at Sha Tin yesterday.

RICHARD JOHNSON will school Flagship Uberalles over fences at the stable of Philip Hobbs this morning as the chaser continues his build-up to the £100,000 Mitsubishi Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown on Saturday week.

Native Upmanship is not going to make the long journey to Japan for the Nakayama Grand Jump next month following a hard race at Cheltenham.

Richard Johnson heads to Chepstow today on the crest of a wave having won the Daily Telegraph Trophy for top jockey at the Cheltenham Festival for the first time.

7/4 favourite, Flagship Uberalles, has won the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham.

Edredon Bleu will face 11 rivals when he attempts to follow up his 2000 success in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival tomorrow.