FERDY Murphy will send De Boitron and Riguez Dancer on the long journey down from North Yorkshire to Cheltenham for today’s and tomorrow’s meetings.

CHAMPION trainer Paul Nicholls and the Cheltenham Festival’s winning-most jockey, Ruby Walsh, pulled suffering punters out of a hole as Big Buck’s obliged as the 5-6 favourite in yesterday’s Ladbrokes World Hurdle.

THE rapidly improving Solwhit got the better of Punjabi at the end of a pulsating Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown last evening.

Today's horse racing tips from the Punchestown Festival.

Bouggler came out on top in a thrilling finish to the John Smith’s Mersey Novices’ Hurdle at Aintree under Noel Fehily.