Having been first and second with my tips last week, I’m only putting an each-way option up this time around as all four of my weekend runners are appearing for the first time this season and two of them are making their racecourse debuts.

The horses have run very well in the past week with two winners, three placed and three fourth out of 12 runners. Of the rest, only two ran any way disappointingly.

I am breaking new ground on Thursday as I bring Bostons Angel to Lion D’Angers in France for the next leg of the Crystal Cup series of cross-country races.

The Flat season gets under way this weekend, although it will be a low-key opening for me due to the weather.

A double on Bunairgead and Lady Wingshot for his boss Jim Bolger (who later completed a treble with Miracle Cure) proved a fitting end to the 2012 turf season for teenager Ronan Whelan, who was crowned Champion Apprentice for the first time.