Dessie Hughes’ Raz De Maree followed his recent success in the Munster National at Limerick by adding the Paddy Power Cork Grand National at Cork yesterday.

The performance of Silviniaco Conti in the Charlie Hall at Wetherby today is going to be particularly important as far as I’m concerned.

Sea Of Thunder, trained by Charles Byrnes for Gigginstown House Stud, made a spectacular start over fences in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Captain Christy Novice Chase at Clonmel yesterday.