Ted Walsh’s Foxrock gets the nap to land a cracking Dermot Fagan Lifetime Achievement In Racing Beginners Chase at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

Irish Examiner columnist, Jessica Harrington and fellow trainer, Willie Mullins, have reported their charges to be in good order ahead of the Cheltenham festival, where they will be attempting to bag big cash bonuses courtesy of Boylesports.

TOM MULLINS will walk the track before deciding whether to let his stable star Asian Maze take her chance in the AIG Europe Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday.

After his memorable exploits at Cheltenham, who would bet against Conor O’Dwyer making headlines again at Aintree on Saturday with Le Coudray? Declan Colley spoke to a man still on air after his Champion Hurdle victory.

LILIUM DE COTTE, fourth in the Triumph Hurdle last term, made an impressive debut for owner JP McManus and trainer Nicky Henderson at Uttoxeter yesterday.