RITE Of Passage must be strongly fancied to book his ticket to Cheltenham by landing the Book Your Festival Tickets Hurdle at Punchestown today.

NOTRE PERE jumped and galloped his rivals silly to take the Guinness Gold Cup by a whopping 13 lengths at Punchestown last night.

NIALL MADDEN emerged from yesterday’s Grade 2 MacLochlainn Road Markings Ltd Kinloch Brae Chase with great credit, guiding Cailin Alainn to a clever success.

WILLIE Mullins will wait until later in the week before firming up plans for his two entries in Sunday’s Bar One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse.