ARE you, like me, totally confused when it comes to the Grade 1 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown on Sunday.

Newmill finds himself faced with a rather simpler task at Punchestown this weekend than on his previous outing 10 days ago.

TWO years ago Irish steeplechasing was on a massive high, after War Of Attrition, Hedgehunter and Forget The Past had filled the first three places in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

JESSICA HARRINGTON hopes Macs Joy can return to the same form he was in when winning last year’s ACCBank Champion Hurdle as connections prepare for a repeat bid.

Andrew McNamara hopes lightning can strike twice when Newmill bids for glory in the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham tomorrow.

Last year's winner Newmill tops a list of 16 horses standing their ground in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham on Wednesday.

Nickname produced another stylish display in the Byrne Group plc Tied Cottage Chase at Punchestown and has the bookmakers on the run ahead of the Cheltenham Festival.

JOHN MURPHY is set to take the wraps off Cheltenham hero Newmill in the Grade 2 Byrne Group Tied Cottage Chase at Punchestown tomorrow.

NEWMILL, winner of last year’s Queen Mother Champion Chase, could head straight to the Cheltenham Festival after bypassing two possible engagements this weekend.

Newmill, winner of last year’s Queen Mother Champion Chase, could head straight to the Cheltenham Festival after bypassing two possible engagements this weekend.

NEWMILL tops a list of 30 entries for the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

Newmill tops a list of 30 entries for the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

LAST season’s Queen Mother Champion Chase hero Newmill is likely to be seen in action in the bewleyshotels.com December Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown over Christmas.

MICHAEL O’LEARY, owner of the 2006 Horse of the Year award winner War of Attrition, would be “most surprised” if his Cheltenham Gold Cup winning horse would be able to repeat his exploit next March.

RUBY WALSH admitted to feeling “a bit sore” after nursing an ankle injury but is raring to go as Kauto Star prepares to defend his William Hill – Tingle Creek Trophy crown at Sandown today.

JOHN HODNETT of SWS Property Services is selling a 47 acre residential holding at Liscubba, Lyre, six miles from Clonakilty in West Cork, which he describes as a very well located property.

Paul Nolan ruled exciting second-season chaser Accordion Etoile out until next year after the Grade One winner met with a setback in training.

JOHN Joseph Murphy hopes Newmill will arrive fit and well at Cheltenham next March to defend his Champion Chase crown.

I'LL tell you what Punchestown was last week: it was a savage success.

THOSE who thought Newmill's powerful display when landing the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham was something of a fluke had their answer at the opening stage of the Punchestown Festival yesterday.

Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Newmill heads a high-class field of six for the Kerrygold Champion Chase over two miles at Punchestown on Tuesday, the opening day of the Festival meeting.

DON'T know about you, but here's one who will be desperately sorry to see the back of the National Hunt season.

JOHN MURPHY believes that last week’s Queen Mother Champion Chase winner, Newmill, would have really put it up to Brave Inca had he run in the Champion Hurdle.

War Of Attrition has earned an official rating of 170 with his impressive victory in last Friday’s totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup.

THERE was unbridled joy in a Cork stable yesterday as a Cheltenham champion was welcomed home.

AFTER the heroics of Brave Inca, Newmill, War of Attrition and all the others at Cheltenham and the excitement and colour of St Patrick's Day, it now only needs Eddie O'Sullivan's men to beat England today to put the crowning touch in the 2006 RBS Six Nations clash at Twickenham.

THE Gold Cup was a magnificent spectacle with a great young horse in War Of Attrition being ridden to perfection by a fantastic old soldier in Conor O’Dwyer. And we had an Irish 1-2-3. Happy days.

Newmill produced a surprise in an incident-packed renewal of the Queen Mother Champion Chase on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival.

Newmill, trained by John Joseph Murphy and ridden by Andrew McNamara, won the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the feature race on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival.

IN-FORM Andrew McNamara has been booked to partner the John Murphy trained Newmill in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham on March 15.

Newmill put up a pleasing display to take the Grade Two MacLochlainn Road Markings Ltd Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles.

PARLIAMENT SQUARE is the nap choice to land the Gain Horse Feeds Hurdle on a decent programme at Thurles this afternoon.

HARCHIBALD is odds-on with Paddy Power but odds against with Cashmans to gain his revenge on some old rivals in the bewleyshotels.com December Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown today.

Harchibald is odds-on with Paddy Power to gain his revenge on some old rivals in the bewleyshotels.com December Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown tomorrow.

Newmill ran out a tired winner of the Paddy Fitzpatrick Memorial Novice Chase at Leopardstown this afternoon.

THE Thomas O’Leary trained Newmill left a disappointing first pop over fences at Naas firmly behind with a fine performance to land the Fethard Beginners Chase at Clonmel yesterday.

Tom O’Leary has pencilled in Newmill for his eagerly-awaited chasing debut at Naas on Saturday as long as he has not been affected by a bout of coughing in the yard.

WILLIE MULLINS’ consistent six-year-old, Major Burns, is fancied to beat Rapide Plaisir in the Buy Your Tickets Online Hurdle at Punchestown this evening.

THE ultra-consistent Newmill (above) can get back on the winning trail in the Grade Two betfair.com Johnstown Hurdle at Naas tomorrow.

EIGHT horses remain in Sunday’s Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown, headed by last year’s winner, Beef Or Salmon.

World Wide Web rewarded leading owner JP McManus and trainer Jonjo O’Neill for a change of plans with victory in the Paddy Power Handicap Chase at Leopardstown.

World Wide Web rewarded leading owner JP McManus and trainer Jonjo O’Neill for a change of plans with victory in the Paddy Power Handicap Chase at Leopardstown this afternoon.

THE message is simple, give them what they want and they will arrive in droves.