Willie Mullins intends to enter his Champion Hurdle big guns at the Aintree Grand National meeting.

The Package rolled back the years to win for the first time at the Cheltenham Festival and give Jamie Codd a second success of the week in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup yesterday.

Davy Condon has decided not to appeal against the 15-day suspension and £3,150 fine handed to him by the Ascot stewards on Saturday.

Garde La Victoire has been left with top weight following the five-day confirmations for The Ladbroke at Ascot on Saturday, in which a number of contenders have come in for support.

Irish start-up firm Tapastreet hopes to use the World Cup in Brazil to showcase its technology, which captures geo-tagged photographs taken by fans and facilitates their use online, writes Trish Dromey.

Mark Walsh will partner Colbert Station if Tony McCoy opts to ride Double Seven in the Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree tomorrow.

Tony McCoy is currently favouring Double Seven as his mount in Saturday’s Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree.

A motion tabled in the UK's House of Commons has stated Tony McCoy is a “great ambassador” for racing after he notched up his 4,000th career win over jumps aboard Mountain Tunes at Towcester yesterday.

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Ulster Bank League Division 1A

Results, scores and scorers from today's Ulster Bank League ties

he global success of Fifty Shades Of Grey and other copycat erotic books hit Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury as it lost out to rivals in the first half.

Connections of Chapoturgeon, the ante-post favourite for the Christie’s Foxhunter Chase, feel the grey will do himself justice at Cheltenham on Friday week.

CASH And Go could take in the Deloitte Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown next month ahead of a run at the Cheltenham Festival.

GORDON Elliott has warned punters Champion Bumper ante-post favourite Don Cossack is “very doubtful” to make the journey to the Cheltenham Festival in March.

Quel Esprit and Havingotascoobydo were the most notable absentees at the final 48-hour declaration stage for the Spinal Research The Atlantic 4 Gold Cup at Cheltenham.

DAVID PIPE is intending to run Great Endeavour in the Spinal Research The Atlantic 4 Gold Cup at Cheltenham this weekend.

David Pipe is intending to run Great Endeavour in the Spinal Research The Atlantic 4 Gold Cup at Cheltenham this weekend.

ANDY STEWART’S Poquelin will have to shrug off the burden of 11st 12lb if he is to provide his owner with victory in his own race, the Spinal Research The Atlantic 4 Gold Cup at Cheltenham on December 10.

ANDY STEWART is trusting in his partnership with Paul Barber to turn his luck for the better when Aiteen Thirtythree lines up for the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury today.

David Pipe is confident stamina will not be an issue for Great Endeavour when the grey goes for glory in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury on Saturday.

TWO lengths was the winning distance, but connections of Grands Crus were in no doubt David Pipe’s grey had made a far greater margin of progress in the GPG Novices’ Chase at Newbury yesterday.

PAUL NOLAN is unsure how Joncol will handle conditions at Newbury as he prepares to take his chance in Saturday’s Hennessy Gold Cup.

Noel Fehily is confident a lack of race fitness will not be a problem for Michel Le Bon after riding his Hennessy Gold Cup mount in a schooling session on Tuesday morning.

Great Endeavour could return to Cheltenham next month after his win in the Paddy Power Gold Cup on Saturday.

Great Endeavour provided David Pipe with a first victory in the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham.

Young Tom Bellamy looks to have the world at his feet after producing a stylish ride on Swing Bill in the Irish Times Amateur Riders' Handicap Chase at Cheltenham this afternoon.

Poker De Sivola came from last to first to give trainer Ferdy Murphy a second success in the bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown.

NOBODY could accuse Gordon Elliot of lacking ambition.

THE enigmatic Tidal Bay will have a crack at claiming Cheltenham Gold Cup glory after another frustrating effort in the Argento Chase on Saturday.

THEY like their barnstorming number eights in Rockwell College, and Luke Cahill appears to have all the weaponry in his arsenal to follow in the footsteps of Denis Leamy and Paddy Butler.

Ashkazar are favouring the Ladbrokes World Hurdle as his preferred Cheltenham Festival target.

GORDON ELLIOTT is happy to have resisted the temptation to give his Grade One winner Jessies Dream a festive outing.

Willie Mullins endured a day of mixed fortunes in the major events at Fairyhouse with two Grade One triumphs soured by the fall of great hope Mikael D'Haguenet today.

Trainer Peter Monteith was found dead at his home in Scotland last night.

Gordon Elliott believes he has a fine chasing prospect in Jessies Dream following a smooth victory on his reappearance at Galway.

CELESTIAL HALO will be given another chance to get it right over fences after falling on his chasing debut at Exeter on Tuesday.

CELESTIAL HALO will be given another chance to get it right over fences after falling on his chasing debut at Exeter on Tuesday.

AIDAN COLEMAN is counting down the hours until what he hopes will be the ride of his life on Mon Mome in the John Smith’s Grand National today.

Past winners Mon Mome (2009) and Comply Or Die (2008) are among a maximum field of 40 declared for the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree on Saturday.