Ante-post favourite Our Father has been removed from the betting by most bookmakers for the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Handicap Chase at the Cheltenham Festival next Thursday.

Leading Ryanair World Hurdle hope Alpha Des Obeaux is set to be one of just two runners at this year’s Cheltenham Festival for trainer Mouse Morris.

There are a couple of good meetings in Ireland this weekend, and I’ll be busier at Fairyhouse this afternoon, with four rides, than at Naas tomorrow, where I have only two.