THERE was no fairytale return for me at Newbury yesterday when Don’t Turn Bach finished well behind in a handicap hurdle.

RUBY Walsh is “counting down the hours” to Newbury’s meeting this weekend as he prepares to return from a four-month injury lay-off.

IT’S Grand National Day again and last year proved, with a 100-1 winner, that the National is the National whatever way you look at it. You can take form, ground, jockeys, trainers and whatever else you like but, at the end of the day, it’s the National and anything can win it.

YESTERDAY’S action at Gowran Park, rescheduled from Saturday, provided further proof that Willie Mullins’ string has firmly clicked into top gear as Doctor Deejay, Enterprise Park and Don’t Turn Bach provided the champion trainer with another treble.