John ’Shark’ Hanlon is hoping Hidden Cyclone can show his true colours in the BoyleSports Champion Chase at Punchestown on April 28.

John ’Shark’ Hanlon is hoping Hidden Cyclone can show his true colours in the BoyleSports Champion Chase at Punchestown on April 28.

Vautour is one of five potential runners for Willie Mullins after a total of 18 horses stood their ground for the Ryanair Gold Cup at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

Paul Nicholls retains every faith in Silviniaco Conti as he tries to make it third-time lucky in the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Tony McCoy enjoyed a winner on what is almost certain to be his final visit to Fakenham when steering Artifice Sivola to a facile success in the King’s Lynn Handicap Chase yesterday.

Sam Twiston-Davies is excited by the prospect of riding Rocky Creek in the Crabbie’s Grand National following his victory under a big weight at Kempton on Saturday.

Maurice Phelan is confident Portrait King is in the form of his life as the Irish raider bids for a second victory in the Betfred Eider at Newcastle today.

Equestrian: Leading owner Barry Connell is undecided whether to let The Tullow Tank line up at Leopardstown on Sunday week.

Oliver Sherwood insists he has his feet firmly on the ground as Many Clouds attempts to take the next step up the chasing ladder in today’s BetBright Cup Chase at Cheltenham.

Hurricane Fly and Jezki are again on a collision course for the BHP Insurances Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday.

David Bridgwater has been fined £2,000 by the British Horseracing Authority over comments attributed to him in the wake of a 21-day ban for young rider Jake Launchbury at Ludlow earlier this month.

David Bridgwater was in the news for the right reasons at Plumpton yesterday when Bravo Riquet followed up a recent victory at the course in the TV Focus At timeform.com Handicap Chase.

Jonjo O’Neill finally broke free of his mid-winter lull as Rose Revived supplied him with his first winner since mid-November in the closing bumper at Ludlow.

A hat-trick for Tom Scudamore stole the show from Tony McCoy at Newton Abbot yesterday as the champion jockey’s wait to reach Martin Pipe’s phenomenal record goes on.

Nicky Henderson believes Silviniaco Conti is the major obstacle in Bobs Worth’s defence of his Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup title today.

Fortune favoured Galway Jack as he made virtually all the running to take the feature totepool.com Best Odds On Irish Lotto Handicap Chase at Southwell.

Wyck Hill gamely held off Smoking Aces to win the Betfred Eider Chase at Newcastle on Saturday and provide owner JP McManus with a notable one-two.

A thrilling renewal of the Betfair Chase at Haydock tomorrow looks in store after eight runners were declared yesterday.

Willie Mullins ended his Punchestown Festival on a high as he claimed the final two Grade Ones of the week to take his tally for the meeting to 13 winners.

Sizing Australia (12-1) denied Enda Bolger’s Zest For Life a second win at the Punchestown Festival by the narrowest of margins in the Irish Field Chase.

Mouse Morris expects the step back up in trip to suit First Lieutenant in the Betfred Bowl at Aintree tomorrow.

Junior has been given the go-ahead to attempt to defy top weight in the Ladbrokes Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse on Monday.

Sir Des Champs will line up in the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup with a new jockey after Davy Russell was ruled out with a punctured lung.

Ante-post favourite Bobs Worth spearheads 11 declarations for the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday.

Howard’s Legacy perhaps holds the key to the Rutland Water Novices’ Chase at Leicester today.

Exciting French recruit Mail De Bievre is set to be supplemented for the Sportingbet Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham next month, trainer Tom George confirmed.

Nacarat’s fifth successive appearance in the Racing Plus Chase at Kempton today might be his swansong on the racetrack.

All plans for Grands Crus are currently “on hold”, according to David Pipe.

Henry de Bromhead has confirmed Sizing Europe will not run in the King George VI Chase at Kempton on St Stephen’s Day.

Nicky Henderson has reasons to believe Long Run can go one better than 12 months ago and make a winning return in the Betfair Chase at Haydock today.

Tom Cooper believes testing conditions were to blame for Forpadydeplasterer’s disappointing performance in last weekend’s Paddy Power Gold Cup.

Weird Al is on course to make his seasonal reappearance in the Betfair Chase at Haydock on Saturday.

You’d imagine JP McManus has spent much of his life hoping to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup and yesterday at Cheltenham it all came right, when Tony McCoy brought the Jonjo O’Neill-trained Synchronised with an irresistible challenge to beat outsider The Giant Bolster and last year’s winner, Long Run.

Nicky Henderson had no excuses for the defeat of reigning Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup champion Long Run.

Tony McCoy claimed his second Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup as Synchronised showed reservoirs of stamina in the premier race of the National Hunt calendar.

Sam Waley-Cohen is taking nothing for granted as Long Run has his final run before defending his Cheltenham Gold Cup crown in tomorrow’s Betfair Denman Chase.

Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Long Run could face up to seven rivals in the rearranged Betfair Denman Chase at Newbury on Friday.

Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Long Run could face up to seven rivals in the rearranged Betfair Denman Chase at Newbury on Friday.

The four-runner Betfair Graduation Chase at Newbury last month was an innocuous enough looking event at the time, with the well-treated Time For Rupert readily repelling the challenge of The Giant Bolster at the end of a steadily run affair.

THE Giant Bolster can put another dent in the reputation of Time For Rupert in the Betfair Graduation Chase at Newbury today.

PAUL Nicholls believes Mon Parrain has to improve to break the champion trainer’s Paddy Power Gold Cup hoodoo.

Top-weight Poquelin heads the 32 five-day acceptors for Saturday’s Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham.

Bobs Worth further strengthened Nicky Henderson’s Festival hand with an excellent display in the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Keith Reveley took the feature event at Uttoxeter with Pegasus Prince – owned by fellow trainer John Wade.