Presenting Express put the icing on a fruitful cake for Emma Lavelle at Newbury today with a fourth success on the bounce in the Vodafone Handicap Chase.

IRISH mare Asian Maze and Howard Johnson’s No Refuge head the 18 entries for the Byrne Bros Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday.

All the big guns have stood their ground following the final 48-hour declaration stage for Saturday’s John Smith’s Grand National.

Ante-post favourite Celestial Gold heads a total of 30 horses still in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury on Saturday week after the latest forfeit stage.

Henry Daly was pleased with the work of his Cheltenham Festival hopes at Bangor today.