PADDY POWER and Cashmans have both promoted Sizing Europe to favouritism for Sunday’s AIG Europe Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown, after yesterday’s forfeit and supplementary stage.

NOTRE Pere showed tremendous battling qualities to beat Abbeybraney a head in the Knight Frank Ganly Walters Novice Chase at Leopardstown yesterday.

Grand National-winning jockey Robbie Power missed out on a Grade One success following a nasty fall on Thursday as his intended mount Notre Pere landed the Knight Frank Ganly Walters Novice Chase at Leopardstown.

RUBY WALSH, fresh from a spectacular return to the winner’s enclosure aboard Kauto Star at Kempton on St Stephen’s Day, can guide Denman to victory in the Grade 1 Lexus Chase at Leopardstown this afternoon.

TONY MULLINS is already thinking in terms of Cheltenham for his exciting Decoy Daddy, who was far too good for market-leader, Venalmar, in the Mitchelstown Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

THURLES passed an inspection yesterday morning, but the two scheduled chases have been abandoned and so one of the maiden hurdles has been divided to make a six-race programme.

THE progressive Francis Flood-trained Bronx Girl is fancied to land the Mistletoe Mares Bumper at Navan this afternoon.

COSMIC STRING may not necessarily be the best horse in the Vale Of Tralee Maiden Hurdle at Tralee this afternoon, but still gets the nap vote.