Cheltenham Gold Cup fourth Holywell is on course for the Betfred Bowl at Aintree on April 9.

He may be more used to the delights of Royal Ascot but trainer Dermot Weld has always enjoyed the challenge of Cheltenham and despite only training a handful of hurdlers – and all of those double up on the Flat – the man who has broken boundaries worldwide is proving a dab hand at getting one right for March.

Bookmakers face an "uphill struggle" to claw back the deficit in the betting ring battle after punters came out on top once more on day two of the Cheltenham Festival.

Owner Rich Ricci believes Faugheen represents his best chance of winning one of the championship events at the Cheltenham Festival ahead of his bid for glory in today’s Stan James Champion Hurdle.

Tea For Two produced a visually exceptional display at Kempton on Saturday when he turned the William Hill Lanzarote Hurdle into nothing more than a routine canter.

Field sizes for a number of key events at the Cheltenham Festival this year are to be reduced following a review with the British Horseracing Authority’s senior inspector.

Shaneshill and Outlander confirmed themselves exciting hurdling recruits when registering smooth, odds-on wins for Willie Mullins in yesterday’s maiden hurdle action in Fairyhouse.

Barry Connell must feel like kicking something.

Sire De Grugy’s popular triumph in the BetVictor Queen Mother Champion Chase helped punters take the honours on day two of the four-day Cheltenham Festival.

Faugheen gave Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh another Cheltenham Festival winner with an impressive success in the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle.

Cheltenham this afternoon shapes like a minefield, with seven wide-open races.

Trainer Alan King wants to run Grumeti in the Stan James Champion Hurdle following his pleasing return to action at Wincanton on Saturday.

Paul Nicholls and Ruby Walsh will be reunited when Tidal Bay tackles the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown on Sunday.

Timesremembered aims to follow up his impressive display at Chepstow in the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham today.

Trainer Nick Williams believes Thursday’s Ladbrokes World Hurdle is far from a two-horse race.

For many backing a winner is what racing is all about, but at Cheltenham today it is a case of sitting back and enjoying one of the true superstars of the National Hunt scene, Sprinter Sacre, in the Sportingbet Queen Mother Champion Chase.

Willie Mullins believes Pont Alexandre “seems to have everything” ahead of his highly-anticipated run in the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle (2.05) at Cheltenham.

LEADING Irish hope Boston Bob was yesterday cut for the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle - but trainer Willie Mullins remained tight-lipped about which race he would contest at Cheltenham next week.

Noel Meade reports the unbeaten Monksland to be firmly on course for the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham in a fortnight’s time.

Benefficient stunned punters when landing the honours in the Deloitte Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown.

SIZING EUROPE and Sizing Symphony, Henry de Bromhead’s two runners at Sandown’s two-day meeting, have arrived safely in Britain.

I have to say that today is my strongest book of rides for the week and it will be more than disappointing should I walk out of Punchestown tonight without a winner.

HURRICANE FLY has to be the fancy to outclass his five rivals in the Grade 1 Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown this afternoon.

WILLIE MULLINS insists his brilliant mare Quevega is likely to compete against her own sex once again at Cheltenham next year after completing a hat-trick in the David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle last week.

OSCARS WELL is set to drop to the minimum distance at the Punchestown Festival following his luckless defeat at Cheltenham last week.

Oscars Well is set to drop to the minimum distance at the Punchestown Festival following his luckless defeat at Cheltenham last week.

IT was the bookmakers who were all smiles despite a virtual Irish monopoly on day two of the Cheltenham Festival.

Jessica Harrington’s Bostons Angel ground out victory in the RSA Chase under a jubilant Robbie Power.

BIG ZEB, who has been trained all season with just one day in mind, can land the sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham this afternoon.

Hurricane Fly bids to lay a ghost to rest after finally making an elusive first trip to Cheltenham to contest Tuesday’s Stan James Champion Hurdle.

Donald McCain is confident Peddlers Cross is at the peak of his powers as he puts his unbeaten record on the line in the Stan James Champion Hurdle on Tuesday.

THE leading contenders have stood their ground for the sportinbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival next Wednesday.

Oscars Well is likely to head up a strong team for trainer Jessica Harrington at the Cheltenham Festival.

Kempes is the new name in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup picture after running out a decisive winner of the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown.

WATAMU BAY, as low as 10-1 for the four-mile National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham, has been put down after suffering an injury on the gallops.

CUE CARD, winner of the Weatherbys Champion Bumper last season, heads 86 entries for the Stan James Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham in March.

Bobs Worth further strengthened Nicky Henderson’s Festival hand with an excellent display in the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Oscar Whisky emerged as a potent Stan James Champion Hurdle understudy to stablemate Binocular when completing a high profile 15-1 double for Nicky Henderson and Barry Geraghty in the Cheltenham & Three Counties Club Hurdle.

Dermot Weld is likely to wait until just before final declaration time tomorrow morning before deciding what to run in the Seamus & Rosemary McGrath Memorial Saval Beg Stakes.

DERMOT WELD’s Rite Of Passage was a strong favourite for the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle, but could only manage third.

PUNCHESTOWNS has won his fitness battle now it is time for him to step up to the plate in the RSA Chase on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival.

A LETTER in the Racing Post last Sunday didn’t half catch the eye of this observer.

I RIDE in all seven races at Cheltenham this afternoon and will certainly be disappointed if returning to Ireland tonight without a winner.