The brilliant Irish mares Honeysuckle and Benie Des Dieux are on course to clash at Cheltenham next week, after both were among confirmations for the Close Brothers Hurdle.

Reigning champion Al Boum Photo is one of 20 horses still in contention for the Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup following the latest scratchings deadline for the six non-novice Grade Ones at next month’s Festival.

Honeysuckle was forced to work harder than she ever has before to maintain her unbeaten record in the PCI Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown.

Delta Work, Kemboy and Presenting Percy remain on course to renew rivalry at Leopardstown on Sunday, after all three stood their ground for the Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup.

You don’t have to be any sort of genius to now know Notebook is a very good horse.

A Plus Tard inflicted a surprise defeat on Chacun Pour Soi in the Paddy’s Rewards Club “Loyalty’s Dead, Live For Rewards” Chase at Leopardstown.

Notebook continued his unbeaten record over fences with a convincing victory in the Racing Post Novice Chase at Leopardstown.

If Giant’s Causeway was the iron horse of flat racing then it is no exaggeration to describe Un De Sceaux as the National Hunt equivalent.

Five simple words summed it up.

The day starts well. (Spoiler alert: it will not continue in this vein.)

Two ladies dominated day two in Killarney, Maxine O’Sullivan ensuring a day to remember for her family when winning aboard Citizen Al before doubling up in the bumper, aboard the gambled-on Raya Time, and Rachael Blackmore also completing a brace, aboard Icantsay and Benkei.

Ireland's domination of the 2018 Cheltenham Festival reached new heights on St Patrick's Thursday, when trainers from the Emerald Isle saddled the first six winners to wrap up the BetBright Cup from Great Britain with a day to spare.

Henry De Bromhead’s Monalee can lead his rivals a merry dance in the RSA Insurance Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham this afternoon.

Henry de Bromhead has confirmed the RSA Insurance Novices’ Chase as the preferred Cheltenham Festival target for Monalee.

After proving a class apart from his rivals in making a winning debut for new connections in the featured Grade Three Surehaul Mercedes-Benz Novice Hurdle in very testing conditions at Powerstown Park, Chris’s Dream earned his ticket to next month’s Cheltenham Festival for a tilt at the Albert Bartlett.

Father and son, Jimmy and Paddy Mangan, teamed up to take the most-valuable race, the Graun Hill Suite Beginners’ Chase, on yesterday’s national hunt card on a well-attended inaugural student race-day at Tramore.

ICC president Brian Divilly agrees that coursing is in a good place as we head further into 2017.

Tommy Lyons takes a look at the recent victory of Sizing John and the opportunities that lie ahead.

Gordon Elliott proved yet again he is the man to follow in the big handicaps when Ball D'Arc ran out an easy winner of the valuable Bar One Racing Dan Moore Memorial Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse.

On Monday morning, a trifle unexpectedly, a great old pal rang. He was literally bursting with enthusiasm.

Having looked likely to develop into a most frustrating sort, Swamp Fox is beginning to look like a professional winner, and the four-year-old produced another tremendous display to rout the opposition in the featured Liam Healy Memorial Lartigue Hurdle on day three of the Listowel Harvest Festival.

Marinero was the class-act on yesterday’s card at Tipperary, which attracted a huge crowd. 

Henry de Bromhead’s horses always seem to appreciate nice ground and the County Waterford handler saddled a double at Limerick.

Sempre Medici is expected to enhance Willie Mullins’ excellent recent record in the Red Mills Trial Hurdle at Gowran Park on Saturday.

Following a dogged display in the Grade 1 Ryanair Hurdle on the final day of Leopardstown’s Christmas Festival, Champion Hurdle second-favourite Nichols Canyon drew comparisons with Hurricane Fly from his trainer, Willie Mullins, but much more remains to be done if the five-year-old is to emulate his revered former stable-companion.

Richard Fahey equalled retired trainer Richard Hannon snr’s record of 235 winners in a calendar year thanks to a Lingfield double through Gabrial The Hero and Luis Vaz De Torres.

Following Saturday’s victory with Coney Island, trainer Eddie Harty made it three wins from as many runners at Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting when Minella Foru took the valuable Paddy Power Chase and Copy That landed a touch in the two-mile handicap hurdle on day two of the four-day festival, writes Tommy Lyons.