BARRY GERAGHTY is set to partner China Rock in Saturday’s Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury.

PAUL NICHOLLS has warned Denman’s opponents that the former Cheltenham Gold Cup winner is “full of enthusiasm” ahead of his bid for a record third victory in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury on Saturday.

HURRICANE FLY will miss his intended outing this weekend at Punchestown in the Grade 1 The Dobbins & Madigans at Punchestown Hurdle (Morgiana Hurdle).

IT would have had all the ingredients of a perfect story — four Bakers working together to steal the bookies’ dough.

HARRY FINDLAY praised the judgement of the British Horseracing Authority’s appeal board after they decided to overturn his six-month disqualification from racing.

HARRY Findlay will have to wait until Thursday morning to learn of his fate regarding the six-month warning off imposed by the British Horseracing Authority after a five-hour hearing before an independent appeal board panel in London yesterday.

IRISH bookmakers Boylesports are to end their sponsorship of the International meeting at Cheltenham in December after four years.

DENMAN’S co-owners Harry Findlay and Paul Barber have mutually agreed to end their association.

SIR Peter O’Sullevan believes owners should be able to lay their horses as long as they do not profit by it.

Peter O’Sullevan believes owners should be able to lay their horses as long as they do not profit by it.

POOR old Harry Findlay, banned for six months by the British Horseracing Authority for laying his own horse on two occasions on Betfair.

Crestfallen owner Harry Findlay has vowed to lodge an appeal after being warned off for six months in connection with laying his own horse, Gullible Gordon, on two occasions.

Leading owner Harry Findlay has been warned off for six months in connection with laying his own horse, Gullible Gordon, on two occasions.

Owner Harry Findlay has been charged by the British Horseracing Authority in connection with laying his own horse, Gullible Gordon, on two occasions.

Richard Hills has no doubts about Awzaan’s ability to stay a mile ahead of Saturday’s StanJames.com 2000 Guineas at Newmarket.

BIG FELLA THANKS will be out to do justice to his greyhound namesake when Harry Findlay’s eight- year-old lines up as the favourite in today’s Grand National.

Michael Smith and his wife Sandra may combine farming with training racehorses “just for fun” but they spiked the big guns at Aintree when Orsippus won the £100,000 Matalan Anniversary 4-Y-O Novices’ Hurdle.

Denman remains under consideration to travel to Ireland for next month’s Guinness Punchestown Gold Cup.

John Best has nominated a conditions event at Leicester on April 8 as the next stop for stanjames.com 2000 Guineas gamble Inler following his sensational gallop on Tuesday morning.

DENMAN’S joint-owners Harry Findlay and Paul Barber accepted defeat with dignity as the 2007 totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup winner settled for the silver medal for the second year running.

IT HAS been described as a head-to-head to give Ali-Frazier a run for their money but Willie Mullins will be hoping Cooldine can give lie to the conventional wisdom that the Gold Cup is a classic head-to-head.

Harry Findlay admits he will be a satisfied man if Denman finishes an honest second to Kauto Star in tomorrow's totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup.

TONY McCoy and Denman were reunited for the first time since they parted company at Newbury last month as the champion jockey schooled the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup hopeful at Paul Nicholls’ Somerset yard yesterday morning.

Paul Nicholls has ruled out the possibility of Denman wearing blinkers in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Finian's Rainbow simply outclassed the opposition in the Hope Safe T-Bar Novices' Hurdle at Ascot today.

LAST Saturday in front of the television was the place to be - and I’m not talking about watching that debacle in Paris!

HARRY Findlay is backing his own Big Fella Thanks rather than the gambled-on Tricky Trickster to provide champion trainer Paul Nicholls with a first win in the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree on April 10.

DENMAN was universally eased by the bookmakers for the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup after unshipping champion jockey Tony McCoy in the Aon Chase at Newbury on Saturday.

Denman was universally eased by the bookmakers for the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup after unshipping champion jockey Tony McCoy in the Aon Chase at Newbury.

Tony McCoy’s new association with Denman came to a premature end as the pair parted company at the third-last fence in the Aon Chase at Newbury.

PAUL Nicholls believes today’s Aon Chase will leave Denman spot-on for his bid to regain the Gold Cup crown at Cheltenham next month.

Denman’s new jockey Tony McCoy cannot wait to take on Kauto Star in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup on March 19.

Tony McCoy will ride Denman in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup on March 19.

RUBY WALSH will partner Kauto Star in the Totesport Cheltenham Gold at Prestbury Park on March 19, with Tony McCoy coming in for the ride on Denman.

A decision on whether Denman runs in the Argento Chase at Cheltenham on Saturday is expected by tomorrow morning at the latest.

HARRY FINDLAY says Denman will win the Cheltenham Gold Cup ‘pulling a cart.’

Paul Nicholls’ duo Kauto Star and Denman are again set to scrap out the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup after the latter’s magnificent return to form in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury.

HARRY FINDLAY has admitted today is D-day for Denman in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury.

Nicky Henderson loves nothing more than having winners at his local track, but landing the prestigious Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury with the UK queen’s Barbers Shop would be what dreams are made of.

With Denman not in competitive action on his very own day at Exeter it was up to stablemates Inchidaly Rock, Take The Breeze and The Minack to take up the slack.

Steele Tango was a mere extra at Sea The Stars' swansong in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe but bounced back to play the starring role at Newmarket on Friday.

Brighton paid back something of a debt of gratitude to Tony Bloom by providing him with a winner at his local track.

Paul Nicholls nominated Kauto Star’s totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup triumph as his highlight of the 2008-9 National Hunt season while collecting his fourth consecutive champion trainer award.

PAUL Nicholls believes Denman will be “very hard to beat” as he bids to get off the mark for the season in the totesport Bowl at Aintree today.