Perce Rock supplemented a recent victory at Leopardstown with an impressive success in the Betfair Novice Chase at Fairyhouse.

A HUGE amount of runners really makes Navan this afternoon a less than appetising prospect.

Willie Mullins’ J’y Vole had her winning run brought to an abrupt end in the Woodlands Park 100 Nas Na Riogh Chase at Naas as Liam Burke’s Thyne Again ran out an emphatic winner.

Maralan has got his colourful trainer Oliver Brady dreaming of the Cheltenham Festival after a second success inside seven days at Naas.

Leslingtaylor will head straight to Cheltenham for the Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy as John Quinn plans his assault on the Cheltenham Festival.

Clopf was denied a second victory over fences when he slithered to the ground after the last, handing the Kevin McManus Flyingbolt Novice Chase at Navan to 50-1 outsider Maralan.

Tom Taaffe still hopes to run Kicking King in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup despite a disappointing performance at Gowran Park.

Maca Rince built on a recent maiden hurdle success to land the spoils in the McGarrell Reilly Homes Juvenile 3-Y-O Hurdle today.

Clopf will join compatriots Jazz Messenger and Harchibald in the line-up for the wbx.com “Fighting Fifth” Hurdle at Newcastle on Saturday.

THE classy Rinroe gets the nap to land a cracking Diamond Vision Novice Hurdle on an excellent card at Galway this afternoon.

ANDREW McNAMARA is to ride as first jockey to Edward O’Grady.

MACS JOY, a brilliant winner of the race a year ago, is fancied to do the business again in the ACC Bank Champion Hurdle at the concluding stage of the Punchestown Festival today.

Mansony is as low as 14-1 with William Hill to lift top honours at Cheltenham next season after upsetting some of the established order with victory in the Kerrygold Champion Chase at Punchestown.

Clopf justified favouritism in the vcbet.com Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday, but had to work ever so hard under Barry Geraghty to land the wagers, writes Pat Keane.

NEWMILL, so impressive in the race a year ago, is fancied to get back on the winning trail in the Kerrygold Champion Chase at the first stage of the Punchestown Festival this afternoon.

EDWARD O’GRADY went to Aintree yesterday to supervise Ned Kelly’s bid for glory in the John Smith’s Foxhunters Chase.

CRAZY VOLUME, with a run under her belt, should prove hard to beat in the Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Fillies Maiden at Tipperary this evening.

FORGET The Past, who is being targeted at the Aintree Grand National, has to be the choice to land the Grade 2 MacLochlainn Road Markings Ltd Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles this afternoon.

SLIPPERS MADDEN, brilliant aboard Jazz Messenger at Kempton on St Stephen's Day, rode another peach of a race when guiding Nickname to a smooth success in the Grade 1 Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown yesterday.

ARAN CONCERTO can provide the answer to the Grade 1 Barry and Sandra Kelly Memorial Novice Hurdle at Navan tomorrow.

WAR OF ATTRITION is fancied to stamp his class on the Grade 1 John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown tomorrow.

RACING was called off following the second contest at Fairyhouse yesterday, after the stewards decided it was no longer safe to continue.

THURLES may be right at the bottom of the Racing Post’s list of what a racecourse should be, understandably, but is top of the hit-parade as far as racegoers are concerned.

Nickname staked a claim for the Queen Mother Champion Chase with a gallant victory over Central House at Navan.

Clopf (8-13f) has completed a quick across-the-card double for Edward O'Grady with an effortless victory in the Bar-One Racing ``For Auction'' Novice Hurdle.

THE progressive Celestial Wave and Nina Carberry proved an irresistible combination in the Dawn Omega Milk EBF Mares Novice Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

PRACTICE MATCH, one of three horses Eric McNamara trains for J P McManus, toyed with the opposition on the way to winning the Coffey Construction Beginners Chase at Limerick yesterday.