THERE’S nothing like a bit of excitement before Cheltenham and I certainly had my share with that crashing tumble aboard King Of The Refs at Naas on Wednesday.

RUBY WALSH walked away relatively unscathed from a bad fall at Naas yesterday.

WILLIE MULLINS’ horses are in rude good health right now and Quiscover Fontaine can prove another for him in the Xmas Vouchers Gowran Golf Shop Maiden Hurdle at Gowran Park this afternoon.

TYRONE trainer Lee Smyth, who only took out a licence on March 1, enjoyed his first success when Tipper Road won the September Handicap at Clonmel last night.