NIGEL Twiston-Davies rounded off a wonderful day when Baby Run ran the opposition ragged to take the Christis's Foxhunter Chase.

Paul Nicholls believes Poquelin has every chance of reversing Paddy Power Gold Cup form with Irish raider Tranquil Sea as the pair clash again in the Ryanair Chase.

SIZING EUROPE finally delivered on the biggest stage of all when landing the Irish Independent Arkle Trophy at Cheltenham yesterday.

Alaivan boosted his Triumph Hurdle claims with an effortless success in the Winning Fair Juvenile Hurdle at Fairyhouse today.

Alaivan looked a smart recruit to the jumping game when routing his rivals in the Fancy A Festive Flutter 3-Y-0 Hurdle at Gowran Park.

Osana booked his ticket for a Christmas trip to Leopardstown with a comfortable victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Chase at Navan today.

Eddie Harty’s Captain Cee Bee defied an absence of over 600 days when making a winning debut over fences in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase at Naas.

Tranquil Sea finally broke the Irish hoodoo in the Paddy Power Gold Cup by turning the valuable Cheltenham handicap into a procession.

Warne cashed in on Berties Dream's penultimate-flight fall to win the Listed Newenham Mulligan Novice Hurdle at Limerick.

JOANNA MORGAN'S Livaleo can land the nap in the Rathronan Maiden Clonmel this evening, should the meeting pass an 8.30am inspection.

Catch Me was the star on show at Navan's delayed meeting when sauntering to victory in the Ladbrokes.com Boyne Hurdle.

Tranquil Sea landed odds of 7-1 for Edward O'Grady and Andrew McNamara in the Land Rover Champion Novice Hurdle.

LOGIC dictates that Sizing Europe has to be the selection to land the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham this afternoon.

JACK FINCH is the nap choice in the INH Stallion Owners' EBF Maiden Hurdle on a less than inspiring programme at Downpatrick this afternoon.

Maca Rince built on a recent maiden hurdle success to land the spoils in the McGarrell Reilly Homes Juvenile 3-Y-O Hurdle today.

Clopf will join compatriots Jazz Messenger and Harchibald in the line-up for the wbx.com “Fighting Fifth” Hurdle at Newcastle on Saturday.

MACS JOY, a brilliant winner of the race a year ago, is fancied to do the business again in the ACC Bank Champion Hurdle at the concluding stage of the Punchestown Festival today.

NEWMILL, so impressive in the race a year ago, is fancied to get back on the winning trail in the Kerrygold Champion Chase at the first stage of the Punchestown Festival this afternoon.

CRAZY VOLUME, with a run under her belt, should prove hard to beat in the Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Fillies Maiden at Tipperary this evening.

CATCH ME, unbeaten in two outings over flights, is expected to successfully step up to Grade Two in the paddypower.com Future Champions Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown today.

JAZZ MESSENGER toyed with the opposition on the way to a smooth success in the Horse and Jockey Hotel Hurdle at Thurles yesterday, topping up a smashing afternoon for trainer, Noel Meade, highlighted by a breathtaking display from Aran Concerto at Navan.

Clopf (8-13f) has completed a quick across-the-card double for Edward O'Grady with an effortless victory in the Bar-One Racing ``For Auction'' Novice Hurdle.

The combination of Barry Geraghty and Edward O'Grady has scored well at Naas this afternoon.

QUERIDO, who caught the eye on his latest two outings over flights, should now be primed to strike and gets the nap to land the Pride Of Tipperary Maiden Hurdle at Tipperary this evening.

THE ex-German horse Salt Lake can land the D E McHugh New Holland Maiden Hurdle at Kilbeggan this evening.

DAVID WACHMAN'S Country Song made it two from two with a decent performance in the Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Race at Tipperary last night.

THOMAS DREAPER, whose family is steeped in the history of Fairyhouse, savoured his first success at the County Meath track yesterday when partnering Desperado Queen to an all-the-way win in the Ratoath Mares Chase.

THE ex-German horse Catch Me looks poised to make it two from two in this country in the Thomastown Castle Race at Tipperary this evening.

JESSICA Harrington, whose Pierse Hurdle winner Studmaster will by-pass Saturday's totesport Trophy at Newbury in favour of an engagement at Leopardstown on Sunday, continued her revival when Mercuric triumphed at Down Royal yesterday.

TOP amateur jockey Derek O'Connor starred on the second day of the Limerick festival yesterday with a double that included Coolnahilla's victory in the featured Tim Duggan Memorial Handicap Chase.

JOINT AGREEMENT, a useful staying handicapper over flights, has a leading chance in the Bet With The Tote Beginners Chase at Downpatrick this afternoon.

DOCTOR LINTON is preferred to Kerryhead Windfarm in what has the makings of a decent clash in the Wilderness Chase at Clonmel this afternoon, assuming the meeting passes a precautionary 7.30 inspection this morning.

DUSTY SHEEHY, whose Justified turned in such a fine round of jumping to score first time up over fences at Punchestown last week, wasted no time getting among the winners at Clonmel yesterday when Ballyjohnboy Lord landed the Tipp FM Maiden Hurdle.

ROOFTOP PROTEST sprung a minor surprise when seeing off odds-on favourite Rocket Ship in the Diffusion Event Management Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday.

NOEL MEADE'S Ballyagran, despite some indifferent jumping, made a fine debut over flights when taking the INH Stallion Owners' EBF Novice Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

FORMER government Minister, Jim McDaid, in the news for others reasons this week, enjoyed a change of luck at Tramore yesterday.

DENIS O'REGAN, fresh from a career-best success on Ansar in the Galway Plate, landed another major pot at Listowel yesterday when partnering Kilbeggan Lad to a smooth victory in the Guinness Handicap Hurdle.

OH SO LIVELY, winner of the race last year, did the business again in the David O'Meara and Sons Handicap Chase at Cork yesterday.

THE consistent, but frustrating, Andy Higgins can get off the mark over fences in the Hacketts' Bookmakers Beginners Chase at Kilbeggan this evening.

RACING at Tipperary last night was abandoned after six races when a cloudburst turned the ground into a virtual skating rink for the Ramada Ballykisteen Handicap Chase.

ON A moderate and difficult to solve programme at Ballinrobe tonight, Frank Ennis' Platonic Affair gets the nap in the opening six furlongs Western People Handicap.

LOOK BETWEEN US, trained locally at Banteer by Louis Archdeacon, streaked away with the Carbon Group Handicap Chase at Cork last night.

DERMOT WELD, who introduced Refuse To Bend to racing at Gowran Park three years ago, produced another potentially high class colt at the Kilkenny track yesterday when Medicinal made an impressive debut.