SLIPPERS MADDEN, brilliant aboard Jazz Messenger at Kempton on St Stephen's Day, rode another peach of a race when guiding Nickname to a smooth success in the Grade 1 Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown yesterday.

THE progressive Francis Flood-trained Bronx Girl is fancied to land the Mistletoe Mares Bumper at Navan this afternoon.

THE effect blinkers can have on a horse's performance was never better illustrated than in the Powerstown three-year-old Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.

TYONE LEGEND is a hopeful nap choice to land the Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle on what is a difficult card at Clonmel this afternoon.

SOUTHERN VIC is fancied to defy top weight in the williamhill.ie Troytown Chase at Navan tomorrow.