JONJO O’Neill is keen to give Black Jack Ketchum a chance to prove himself over shorter trips after he scrambled home over three miles and one furlong at Wetherby on Saturday.

Godolphin have certainly finished the season with a flourish and Sheikh Mohammed’s operation can sign off in style at Newmarket with a double in two of the feature events.

Mags Mullins hopes the ground is soft in early December to allow Travino to make his eagerly-awaited reappearance.

Talented novice hurdler De Soto became the second-most expensive horse to be sold at the Doncaster Sales on Friday.

Mighty Man completed back-to-back victories in the John Smith’s Liverpool Hurdle with a smooth success in the opening event of the 2007 Grand National meeting at Aintree.

World Hurdle hero Inglis Drever features among a small but select field of six for the John Smith’s Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree tomorrow.

Howard Johnson has issued an ultra-positive update on Ladbrokes World Hurdle winner Inglis Drever ahead of his return at Aintree on Thursday.

PUNTERS have struggled all week, but fortunes were taken out of the ring by Wichita Lineman in the Brit Insurance Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham yesterday, giving Tony McCoy a much needed change of fortune.

Wichita Lineman gave Tony McCoy his first winner of the meeting when landing the Brit Insurance Novices' Hurdle.

Inglis Drever ran out a thrilling winner of an incident-packed renewal of the Ladbrokes World Hurdle, the feature race on the third day of the Cheltenham Festival.

MONET'S GARDEN, a horse who jumps for fun, is the nap choice to land the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham this afternoon.

The fine weather in Gloucestershire over the last few days has dried the ground enough for Jonjo O'Neill to declare Black Jack Ketchum, despite his reservations over soft ground.

Inglis Drever and Black Jack Ketchum head the 21 acceptors for the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the confirmation stage.

ADRIAN MAGUIRE is looking forward to saddling stable star Celestial Wave in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle on Thursday week.

AS the rains continue to fall on the sacred Cheltenham turf, 2005 hero Inglis Drever has usurped Black Jack Ketchum at the head of Betfair’s exchange market for the Ladbrokes World Hurdle.

BLACK Jack Ketchum’s trainer Jonjo O’Neill would have no qualms about pulling his budding superstar out of the Ladbrokes World Hurdle if the ground remains as it is at Cheltenham.

PIERSE Hurdle winner Spring the Que is bang on target for the Vincent O’Brien County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

TONY McCOY is hoping to expose any chinks in the armour of Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle favourite Detroit City in the Agfa UK Hurdle at Sandown this afternoon.

Tony McCoy is hoping Black Jack Ketchum can redeem his tarnished reputation with a big run in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

Flight Leader is set to tackle the Brit Insurance Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival rather than take on more experienced rivals.

PADDY BRENNAN believes Inglis Drever has every chance of another win in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

Blazing Bailey may have derailed the Black Jack Ketchum bandwagon, but Jonjo O’Neill fought back from that shock reverse as Exotic Dancer burst into the totesport Gold Cup picture with a runaway success in the Letheby And Christopher Chase at Cheltenham.

BLACK JACK KETCHUM and Inglis Drever are set for round one in what could prove a fascinating rivalry in the Byrne Bros Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham today.

A MYSTERY punter has plumped for a high-risk and long-term investment by staking £10,000 at 14-1 on Black Jack Ketchum to win the next three Ladbrokes World Hurdles.

Extremely testing conditions could rob Cheltenham of Graham Wylie’s star horses Inglis Drever and Tidal Bay this weekend.

JONJO O’NEILL is planning a major onslaught on Cheltenham’s key Festival trials on Saturday with Wichita Lineman, Exotic Dancer and hurdling debutant Mountain set to face the starter along with Black Jack Ketchum.

CHAMPION Hurdler Brave Inca will face a maximum of eight rivals in what looks a fascinating renewal of the AIG Europe Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday.

Jonjo O’Neill would be unfazed if Black Jack Ketchum heads to the Cheltenham Festival without a prep run.

ADAMANT Approach heads 39 confirmations for the Pierse Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday.

Black Jack Ketchum is likely to try to stretch his unbeaten record to nine at Cheltenham on Monday.

JONJO O’NEILL may wait until next year before running Rhinestone Cowboy – even though he is entered in the totescoop6 Handicap Hurdle at Haydock on Saturday.

MIGHTY MAN heads a list of 13 horses engaged at the five-day stage for the BGC Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot.

Inglis Drever continues to delight after making a winning reappearance at Newbury last month.

Jonjo O'Neill's much-touted seven-year-old Black Jack Ketchum made a highly pleasing return to action when sluicing home under a confident Tony McCoy in the Mears Group "Relkeel" Hurdle.

THURLES, the first ‘all-weather’ track in Ireland, will again attempt to cheat the elements this afternoon, as it houses a decent seven-race programme.

BRAVE INCA heads a list of six possible runners in the Ballymore Properties Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

Brave Inca heads a list of six possible runners in the Ballymore Properties Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

Gungadu is a confident selection in the Ian Williams Owners Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham tomorrow.

My Way De Solzen is set for an early-season showdown with the undefeated Black Jack Ketchum in the £40,000 (€59,450) Grade Two John Smith’s Hurdle at Wetherby on Saturday week.

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.

Black Jack Ketchum became the second dual Festival winner of the afternoon as he destroyed his rivals in the Citroen C6 Sefton Novices' Hurdle.

IF ever a horse has future Cheltenham Gold Cup prospect written all over him it is surely Jonjo O'Neill's Black Jack Ketchum.

WHAT makes a Gold Cup horse? Plenty of things, really, but stamina and high cruising speed are the basics.

Denman and Black Jack Ketchum lead a strong entry of 138 in the Royal & SunAlliance Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.