SESENTA will surely face a fair old hike in the weights, after scampering to a clear-cut six lengths success in the featured Listowel Races Supporters’ Club Lartigue Hurdle at Listowel yesterday.

IT looks as if Listowel is going to finally beat the weather today and it is great to think we are now set to have five days of National Hunt action, which is a fair old salvage operation.

THE Michael O’Brien-trained Essex, absent since Killarney in May, made a spectacular return to action when landing the Sherry Fitzgerald Hurdle in fine style at Fairyhouse yesterday.

KINGS ADVOCATE is the choice to win as competitive a Powers' Whiskey Irish Grand National as has ever been run at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

RUBY WALSH makes a rare Saturday appearance in this country at Navan today and has to be fancied to guide Nickname to yet another success in the Grade 3 Russell Restaurant An Uaimh Chase.