Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kicking King heads the 11 entries for the Betfair Chase at Haydock Park on Saturday.

Ollie Magern ran his rivals ragged with an all-the-way win in the bet365 Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby.

Grey Abbey will face seven rivals when he bids to repeat last year’s victory in the bet365 Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby on Saturday.

Bet365 will continue to support the Charlie Hall Chase for a further three years, up to and including the 2008 renewal.

D’ARGENT has been all the rage for Saturday’s Gala Casinos Daily Record Scottish Grand National and is now as low as 6-1 favourite for the Ayr showpiece.

All the big guns have stood their ground following the final 48-hour declaration stage for Saturday’s John Smith’s Grand National.

Howard Johnson has had two Grand National-style fences built as he prepares his big-race possibles for a tilt at Aintree.

Philip Hobbs has supplemented Farmer Jack for next Friday’s totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup at a cost of £17,500 (€25,000).

ANTE-POST favourite One Knight heads a field of 24 left in at yesterday’s confirmation stage for the Coral Welsh National at Chepstow next Tuesday.

PUNTERS believe Celestial Gold will give Martin Pipe a third Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury on Saturday.

CHAMPION Hurdle-winning trainer Dessie Hughes, though, reports Timbera, clear favourite at 9-1 with Cashmans, to be bang on course for Saturday’s Martell Cognac Grand National.

CONDITIONAL jockey Clare Stretton survived a horrific fall at Ludlow yesterday in a race that saw seven of the 14 runners disqualified for taking the wrong course.