Quel Esprit booked his Cheltenham ticket when making virtually all the running to give Willie Mullins an eighth victory in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown.

EDWARD O’GRADY’S Torphichen gets the nap in the Chris ‘Hopper’ McGrath 80th Birthday Beginners Chase at Clonmel today.

EVERY year we travel to Cheltenham it’s taken as a given that one of ours will definitely win the Bumper.