Cheltenham Gold Cup third Road To Riches made an impressive return to action when taking the featured Clonmel Oil Chase yesterday afternoon at Powerstown Park.

The season concludes today and I’m hoping to go out on the best possible note and guide Annie Power to victory in the Champion Hurdle for mares.

Aerlite Supreme gained a gutsy win over the flattering Usa in the featured P & D Lydon Plant Hire Rated Hurdle in Ballinrobe yesterday, completing a double for trainer Michael Hourigan and Adrian Heskin.

Noble Inn, who has been running well all season, without delivering too much, can land the nap in the P And D Lydon Plant Hire Rated Hurdle at Ballinrobe this evening.

Willie Mullins made history at Gowran Park yesterday when joining the legendary Tom Dreaper as the only trainer to win the Goffs’ Thyestes Handicap Chase for a fifth time.

Thursday will be the first St Stephen’s Day I have spent riding in this country since 2001.

Analifet kept her unbeaten record intact with a bloodless victory in the Bar One Racing Juvenile 3-Y-O Hurdle at Fairyhouse.

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The Willie Mullins-trained French import Noble Inn and Gordon Elliott’s Gigginstown-owned newcomer Charcam looked two decent juvenile hurdling prospects when fighting out the finish of the Ballinrobe Members Club 2014 3-Y-0 Maiden Hurdle in Ballinrobe yesterday.

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Donie Hassett’s Shantalla gets the nap in the Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Chase at Ballinrobe this evening.