SPIRIT Of Adjisa will carry top weight in the William Hill Lanzarote Hurdle at Kempton on Saturday.

I suppose it’s a bit like the calm before the storm at Sandown today, on the eve of Punchestown, but this is a very important meeting in its own right.

Lucy Wadham is confident El Dancer will be a force to be reckoned with given suitable ground in the €100,000 Evening Herald Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown on Tuesday.

Horris Hill Stakes runner-up Bonnie Charlie is still a few weeks away from his seasonal reappearance.