The Guinness Galway Hurdle is the feature on day four of the Galway Festival and favourite Quick Jack should take a world of beating.

Diakali should register his first win since November 2013 in the Grade 3 Kevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle at Tipperary today.

Hurricane Fly is likely to have a stablemate or two for company in the BHP Insurances Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday.

Warren Greatrex’s exciting novice Seedling is among 65 entries for the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury on February 7.

Hurricane Fly has frightened away most of the opposition as only eight horses have been entered for the BHP Insurance Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on January 25.

Ruby Walsh returns to action at Tipperary tomorrow, following some four months on the sidelines.

Ruby Walsh faces a long spell on the sidelines, following an operation on Monday to repair damaged ligaments in his shoulder.

The Galway Plate is on the agenda for both Art Of Logistics and Away We Go following wins at Punchestown last evening.

Nicky Henderson pointed to the effects of a lengthy season taking its toll on Long Run as the former Cheltenham Gold Cup hero was well beaten in the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris at Auteuil yesterday.

It was a redemptive day at Aintree yesterday as Silviniaco Conti, The New One and Guitar Pete – all of whom were denied at Cheltenham last month – made amends on the opening day of the Grand National meeting.

An eventful day ended prematurely for Daryl Jacob yesterday with the jockey suffering multiple injuries in a freak accident prior to the Albert Bartlett Novice’s Hurdle and he now faces a lengthy spell off the track.

Willie Mullins’ Blood Cotil, in the McCarthy Insurance Group Beginners Chase, is easily the most interesting horse on show at Cork this afternoon.

Jockey Ruby Walsh believes young pretender Our Conor has something to prove when he takes on Hurricane Fly in the Ryanair Hurdle at Leopardstown on December 29.

Twenty-four hours after guiding My Tent Or Yours to a smooth success in the Fighting Fifth at Newcastle, Tony McCoy partnered odds-on favourite Jezki to victory in the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle, one of three Grade 1 events on yesterday’s card in Fairyhouse.

I’m off on my travels again today to ride two horses for Willie Mullins at Newbury, including Prince De Beauchene in the Hennessy Gold Cup.

Two of last season’s star novices could face off in the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday with Jezki and Rule The World on course to meet.

Trainer Jessica Harrington has confirmed Jezki an intended runner in the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

Danny Mullins must have felt like someone who had just been let out of jail after partnering The Tullow Tank to success in a maiden hurdle at Naas last Saturday.

I think I can head to Naas today with a degree of optimism and it’ll be a surprise, at least to me, should I leave empty-handed.

Gemix kept the French Champion Hurdle on home soil when taking the Grande Course de Haies d’Auteuil at the Paris track yesterday.

Bel La Vie won a thrilling renewal of the Gras Savoye Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris at Auteuil yesterday.

So, are you a player or a layer when it comes to Dawn Approach in this afternoon’s 2000 Guineas at Newmarket?

Willie Mullins topped his own record as two Grade One victories on the final day helped him take his Punchestown Festival tally to 13 winners for the week.

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.

I hope to round off what has been a great season for me by landing the Grade 1 mares’ hurdle aboard Tarla at Punchestown today.

Bryan Cooper, a future champion jockey if ever there was one, guided Dessie Hughes’s Our Conor to a scintillating success in the JCB Triumph Hurdle.

Our Conor put up a scintillating display to run away with the JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Bobs Worth gets the vote to land what looks a high-class Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup today.

Our Conor completed a hat-trick over jumps with an impressive display to take the Spring Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown.

Sir Des Champs can finally prove he is a realistic Cheltenham Gold Cup horse by landing the Hennessy at Leopardstown this afternoon.

Connections of Zuzka have yet to make any firm plans for the rest of the season following her odds-on reverse at Leopardstown last weekend.

This is going to be a particularly quiet weekend for me. I’m suspended today and have only one ride at Navan tomorrow, Willie Mullins’ Suntiep in a two miles and seven maiden hurdle.

Willie Mullins’ Tempo Du Camp looks the most interesting horse on show in the Racecourse Annual Membership Maiden Hurdle at Limerick this afternoon.

I have just five rides over the next two days, but this could still be a great weekend. What it really comes down to is whether I can win the Betfair Chase at Haydock today aboard Silviniaco Conti.