Volume levels were at a maximum as Sprinter Sacre announced his return to form in emphatic fashion when making a triumphant visit to a winner’s enclosure he has enjoyed many magical moments in during his career after claiming the Shloer Chase at Cheltenham yesterday.

I LOVE beating Arsenal. I absolutely LOVE IT. They just take it SO badly — it’s always somebody else’s fault, they’ve always been swindled, it’s not fair, they’re the Corinthians of the English game dontcha know. There are toys scattered all around North London.

Champagne Fever got back on track with a smooth victory in the Red Mills Chase at Gowran on Saturday.

Champagne Fever bids to bounce back from the first fall of his career when taking on four rivals in the Red Mills Chase at Gowran today. 

All roads lead back to the Cheltenham Festival for Hidden Cyclone after Shark Hanlon’s pride and joy enjoyed his day in the sun with a fine front-running display in the Boylesports Tied Cottage Chase at Punchestown yesterday.

Barry Geraghty has spoken of his disappointment at missing out on the chance to land back-to-back BetVictor Queen Mother Champion Chases with Sprinter Sacre.

Willie Mullins has sounded a cautious note about a potential Stan James Champion Hurdle bid for the exciting Un De Sceaux.

Long Run is to travel north of the border for the Ivan Straker Memorial Chase later this week as connections head to Kelso in search of better ground.

A decision on Sizing Europe’s target at Cheltenham is set to be left until the last moment.

Trainer Peter Casey says Flemenstar is “very unlikely” to run at the Cheltenham Festival nest month after being found to have a lung infection.

Solwhit will build on his most encouraging return to action at Punchestown last month in Saturday’s Limestone Lad Hurdle at Naas.

Asking for owner Pat Redmond at his Ashdown Park Hotel is met with the response one expects in racing-mad Ireland. “Yes, I know Big Zeb,” says the receptionist.

Sizing Europe and Big Zeb, the first two home in the sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase last year, are on course for a rematch at Cheltenham next Wednesday.

Big Zeb is reportedly in fine shape ahead of his bid to regain the Queen Mother Champion Chase.

Owner Raymond Mould has moved to quash any speculation that his brilliant novice Sprinter Sacre could be supplemented for the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham.

KAUTO STAR showed his well-being ahead of the Guinness Gold Cup at the Punchestown Festival with a pleasing piece of work at the weekend.

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

SIZING EUROPE is to be aimed at the sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase after he was scratched from his two other entries at the Cheltenham Festival.

Captain Cee Bee is likely to take up his entry in the Queen Mother Champion Chase rather than the Ryanair at Cheltenham in March.

ANDREW Lynch is confident a lack of stamina will not be an issue when Sizing Europe pits his wits against Kauto Star at Down Royal on Saturday.

KAUTO STAR may start his new campaign in Ireland after being awarded a rating of 190 at the Anglo-Irish Jump Racing Awards during a ceremony in London’s Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel yesterday.

Golden Silver defied worries about the quicker ground to run out an impressive winner of the Boylesports.com Champion Chase.

Henry de Bromhead’s Arkle winner Sizing Europe will face 10 rivals as he tackles more experienced horses in the Boylesports.com Champion Chase on the opening day of the Punchestown Festival.

TOM COOPER feels two and a half miles on a flat track in today’s John Smith’s Melling Chase at Aintree will be ideal for Forpadydeplasterer, who was runner-up to Big Zeb in the Queen Mother Champion Chase.

Paul Nicholls believes Poquelin has every chance of reversing Paddy Power Gold Cup form with Irish raider Tranquil Sea as the pair clash again in the Ryanair Chase.

KICKING KING pleased trainer Tom Taaffe in a workout yesterday morning prior to his run in the Red Mills Chase at Gowran on Saturday.

Voy Por Ustedes will line-up in Saturday’s totepool Game Spirit Chase at Newbury, as long as the ground is not bottomless.

Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Voy Por Ustedes heads a high-class field of eight for the paddypower.com Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown on Saturday.

Voy Por Ustedes is a confident choice to cement his position at the head of the Queen Mother Champion Chase market by landing the paddypower.com Tingle Creek at Sandown.

Queen Mother Champion Chase hero Voy Por Ustedes warmed up for loftier targets later in the season when narrowly failing to give lumps of weight away in the paddypower.com Handicap Chase at Cheltenham.

Well Chief heads a fascinating field of nine for the John Smith’s Melling Chase at Aintree on Friday.

FIANNA Fáil yesterday suffered an election year setback.

CHAMPION trainer Paul Nicholls will call on the likes of Kauto Star and Denman at the Cheltenham Festival next month.

JOHN Joseph Murphy will wait as long as possible before deciding on which engagement Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Newmill will take up at the weekend.

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

Kauto Star could face the first three home from last season’s totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup in his bid to join the racing legends at Prestbury Park in March.

QUEEN MOTHER Champion Chase hope Accordion Etoile is back in work again ahead of the spring campaign.

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.

Paul Nicholls revealed Kauto Star is “very unlikely” to run in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

Asian Maze bounced back from a crashing fall at Cheltenham to trounce a high-class field in the Scottish And Newcastle Aintree Hurdle.

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.

Queen Mother Champion Chase hopeful Dempsey is in great form ahead of his tilt at the two-mile championship next month.

Accordion Etoile is in sparkling form ahead of his run in the Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival.

Newmill is likely to go straight to Cheltenham for the Queen Mother Champion Chase without another run.