Robert Thornton is expected to be fit to partner Voy Por Ustedes in the Ryanair Chase on Thursday despite being stood down for part of Wednesday’s Cheltenham card.

IT’S amazing how much interest the traditional after-racing gallop at Leopardstown last Sunday generated.

A run in the John Smith’s Grand National seems unlikely for Denman unless something goes wrong in his pursuit of back-to-back Cheltenham Gold Cups.

There is no-one better qualified to assess this season’s Champion Chase than Guillaume Macaire.

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.

Accordion Etoile could run at both Fairyhouse and Punchestown next month as long as ground conditions are suitable.

NEWLY-CROWNED Queen Mother Champion Chase hero Voy Por Ustedes is likely to have run his last race this season.

Andrew McNamara hopes lightning can strike twice when Newmill bids for glory in the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham tomorrow.

ONEWAY must carry top weight if he lines up in the Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot on Saturday.

FOREMAN, rated the best two-mile novice chaser around for Thierry Doumen last season, heads a list of seven entries for the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown on December 27.

JOHN Joseph Murphy hopes Newmill will arrive fit and well at Cheltenham next March to defend his Champion Chase crown.

SMURFIT Kappa Champion Hurdle winner Brave Inca was named Horse of the Year at a glittering ceremony for the first Anglo-Irish Jump Racing Awards.

Voy Por Ustedes impressed the majority of the layers as he extended his winning sequence over fences to four with a slick display of jumping in the Blue Square Casino Novices’ Chase at Wincanton.