DAVY RUSSELL can surely now be described as champion jockey-elect, following a splendid double at Thurles yesterday.

Flemenstar exacted resounding revenge on Bog Warrior when landing the Grade 3 Naas Directors Novice Chase in Naas yesterday.

COLM MURPHY got a little boost, on the lead-in to Big Zeb’s challenge for next week’s Champion Chase at Cheltenham, when Dangan Daylight landed the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.

QUARRYVALE, trained by Jimmy Mangan and partnered by his son, Patrick, ran her rivals ragged in the Tote Placepot Races 1 To 6 Chase at Thurles yesterday.

The betchronicle.com Champion Bumper produced a rousing finish between two highly promising sorts in Willie Mullins’ Lovethehigherlaw and Dermot Weld’s Waaheb at Punchestown last night, writes Pat Keane.

THE best wine was left until last at yesterday’s well-attended Cork meeting when 17-year-old Jane Mangan partnered her first winner on the racetrack aboard her trainer father Jimmy’s Jamie’s Darling in the Cork & Waterford Mares’ Point-To-Point Flat Race.

SIREN’S SONG was a hot topic of discussion after last Sunday’s racing in Navan and I have to say she won the Salsabil Stakes very well. I said last week I thought she might be good and she certainly indicated that with a strong finish to win by a length and a half.

Actors Jude Law and Kevin Spacey joined more than 100 protesters tonight calling for freedom of expression and an end to the dictatorship in Belarus.

The Cheltenham nerves are kicking in now and we’re really just putting the finishing touches to our team for the festival. We haven’t fully decided on the full make-up of that team but Oscars Well and Bostons Angel will definitely be going and I’m happy to report that they are well.

THE Jimmy Mangan-trained Oscar Delta lit up yesterday’s well-attended Kildorrery Point to Point meeting, staged on the Vaughan family’s farm at Rockmills Stud, by sluicing home in the Open Lightweight.

MONEY TRIX is the hopeful each-way choice to land the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown this afternoon.

“I’M stunned, I didn’t expect that”, exclaimed Kieran Purcell, after his Smokey Joe Joe had taken the INH Stallion Owners EBF Novice Hurdle at odds of 25-1 at Limerick yesterday.

OUT NOW is the nap choice to beat 29 rivals in the AES Midland Waste Maiden Hurdle at Navan this afternoon.

STAYING ARTICLE, runaway winner of a recent Punchestown bumper on his debut, collared odds-on favourite Rivage D’Or close home to land the Racing Again At Naas On 24th November Maiden Hurdle at Naas yesterday.

Hollywood star Kevin Spacey performed a duet with Paul McCartney at a star-packed bash after he jumped on stage.

Veteran actor Patrick Stewart has won his third Laurence Olivier award for his stage portrayal of Claudius in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.

Nicky Richards is hopeful Money Trix will give a good account of himself when he lines up in the totesport.com Premier Berrymoss Chase at Kelso on Saturday.

THE McNamara combination of Andrew senior and junior struck with Zanwood in the Clonoulty Handicap Hurdle at Thurles yesterday.

WELL, the moment of truth has finally arrived and at Down Royal today we will find out if Kauto Star is back to his best.

ADRIAN MAGUIRE and Colman Sweeney are a solid combination when joining forces and they were on the mark again at Tramore yesterday when Optimus Prime landed the Directors’ Chase.

Ninetieth Minute looks a good bet in the Xmas Vouchers Gowran Park Golf Shop Maiden Hurdle at Gowran Park today.

Geoff Huffer, trainer of dual 2000 Guineas winner Cockney Rebel, has decided to quit training for a second time.

Grangeclare Lark, who beat Shuil Aris by a short head at Fairyhouse, emphatically confirmed the placings on 3lbs worse terms in the Bewleys’ Hotels Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday.

Hollywood star-turned-theatre director Kevin Spacey has seen his commitment to London's West End recognised after being named the Best Stage Actor at the Theatregoers' Choice Awards for the second year running.

As the owner of Kicking King, Conor Clarkson has hit the heights of National Hunt racing, but the journey has been an eventful one and testament to the vicissitudes of the sport. Declan Colley hears the story from the horse owner’s mouth.

Kevin Spacey has hit out at claims he is trying to balance a Hollywood career with running a London theatre.

Forthcoming productions at Kevin Spacey's London theatre have been axed for five months following weeks of poor audience ratings and dismal critical reviews.

NOEL MEADE'S Ballyagran, despite some indifferent jumping, made a fine debut over flights when taking the INH Stallion Owners' EBF Novice Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

American actor Kevin Spacey is reportedly in talks with fellow Oscar-winner Russell Crowe to star in a play at his London theatre.

Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey's role as artistic director of London's Old Vic theatre has been defended by the venue's owner after a string of criticism.

ROG, the horse Gerry Cully called after Irish rugby international Ronan O'Gara, enjoyed a first success on the track when streaking away with the Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Chase at Tramore yesterday.

TONY McCOY, in his first campaign as number one rider to J P McManus, left with a winner on his initial visit to Cork Racecourse yesterday.

PAUL CARBERRY rode his third winner since returning from injury when Always made every yard of the running to land the Kevin McManus Bookmaker Novice Chase at Cork yesterday.

Kevin Spacey is to star in and direct Beyond the Sea – a biopic about singer Bobby Darin that begins filming in June.

Sinéad O'Connor, Elton John and Oscar-winning Kevin Spacey are among the stars lending weight to an extravaganza to raise funds for London’s Old Vic Theatre.

Elton John is to team up with Oscar-winning star Kevin Spacey to perform a series of duets at a star-studded charity concert, it was announced today.

Star Trek: Nemesis is Patrick Stewart’s third big screen adventure as Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise, and it could well be his last.

Fight Your Corner, the impressive winner of last week’s Victor Chandler Chester Vase is believed to have been bought by Sheikh Mohammed for one of his sons.