RISING star War Of Attrition can advertise his Cheltenham Gold Cup credentials by landing the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown tomorrow.

SOLERINA could be set for a quick reappearance in Saturday’s Giltspur Scientific Tara Hurdle at Navan.

Solerina could be set for a quick reappearance in Saturday’s Giltspur Scientific Tara Hurdle at Navan.

IT’S hard to keep a good man down. On Saturday Michael Hourigan kept hitting the bar, but roared back to the top of the tree at Cork yesterday when the progressive A New Story stormed away with the Paddy Power Grand National.

SOLERINA could make a quick reappearance on the Flat at the Curragh on Sunday after returning unharmed from a fall at Tipperary.

Solerina, one of the most popular horses in training, will step back up to three miles in tomorrow’s Ballymore Properties Champion Stayers Hurdle at Punchestown.

Solerina comfortably landed the John Harney Bookmaker Race at Tipperary this afternoon for the second year running.

Solerina may have run her final race of the season despite emerging unscathed from her sixth-flight blunder at Navan yesterday.

MACS JOY, fresh from Grade One success over the Christmas period, will try and complete the first leg of the Irish-English Champion Hurdle double at Leopardstown tomorrow.

CONNECTIONS of Solerina are hoping that the forecast rain arrives at Leopardstown to make conditions testing for the AIG Europe Champion Hurdle next Sunday.

Connections of Solerina are hoping that the forecast rain arrives at Leopardstown to make conditions testing for the AIG Europe Champion Hurdle next Sunday.

Sweet Kiln put up a gutsy performance to get the better of Carraig Blue in the Mulhaddart Novice Hurdle after a dour struggle at Fairyhouse today.

Solerina has been confirmed on course for the AIG Irish Champion Hurdle at Leoparstown on January 23.

Reigning champion hurdler Hardy Eustace and Irish darling Solerina are set to clash in Sunday’s Giltspur Scientific Tara Hurdle at Navan.

Solerina gave a brilliant front-running performance to win the Ballymore Properties Hatton's Grace Hurdle for the second successive year.

SOLERINA (left) victorious in last year’s Ballymore Properties Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse, will bid for a repeat success in the Grade One contest this Sunday.

JACK HIGH, confidently handled by Garrett Cotter, proved a convincing winner of the €85,000 Stanleybet Troytown Handicap Chase at Navan yesterday.

ALBERT HALL propelled himself to the forefront of Aidan O’Brien’s juvenile team with a battling success in the Juddmonte Beresford Stakes at the Curragh yesterday.

Albert Hall propelled himself to the forefront of Aidan O’Brien’s juvenile team with a battling success in the Juddmonte Beresford Stakes at the Curragh today.

Rhinestone Cowboy was a surprise name on the list of declared runners for tomorrow’s Emo Oil Champion Hurdle at Punchestown.

Jonjo O’Neill’s stable stars Iris’s Gift and Rhinestone Cowboy will clash in a mouth-watering renewal of the Ballymore Properties Champion Stayers Hurdle at Punchestown tomorrow.

Top Irish mare Solerina will not run in the McCabe Builders Ltd Boyne Hurdle at Navan tomorrow.

Veteran staying hurdler Limestone Lad is reported to be on course to return next season.

Solerina booked her ticket for the bonusprint.com Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival with an impressive victory at Naas today.

RHINESTONE COWBOY can tighten his grip on the Champion Hurdle betting by landing the Grade One Bewleys’ Hotels December Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown this afternoon.

Solerina took another step towards the top of the hurdling ladder with an impressive success at Fairyhouse today.

Connections of Solerina are hoping for soft ground when the six-year-old mare runs in the Ballymore Properties Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

Connections of Limestone Lad, arguably the most popular National Hunt horse in training, are delighted with their charge as he prepares to take on the mighty Baracouda in the Bonusprint Stayers’ Hurdle this afternoon.

CHARLIE SWAN has been booked to partner Liss A Paoraigh in the Bonusprint Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham on Thursday.

Limestone Lad may have another racecourse gallop at Leopardstown this weekend ahead of his challenge for the Bonusprint Stayers’ Hurdle next month.

LIMESTONE LAD may have another racecourse gallop at Leopardstown this weekend ahead of his challenge for the Bonusprint Stayers’ Hurdle next month.

LIMESTONE LAD is coughing and will miss his intended prep race for the Cheltenham Festival at Navan on Sunday.

COLONEL BRAXTON advanced his claims for the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup with a win in the Listed Normans Grove Chase at Fairyhouse yesterday.

Limestone Lad remains a possible for the AIG Europe Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown following a racecourse gallop at Gowran Park today.

THERE are 44 entries in the £300,000 Smurfit Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on March 11, including 12 trained in Ireland as well as two each from France and Germany.

EDWARD O’GRADY’S Pizarro is the choice to land a fascinating Barry and Sandra Kelly Memorial Novice Hurdle at Navan tomorrow.

NATIVE UPMANSHIP is a hopeful choice to provide the answer to the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown tomorrow.

Limestone Lad recorded a third successive victory in the Ballymore Properties Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse today when making all the running to trounce a small but select field.

Limestone Lad landed the odds and recorded his 32nd career success in the Grade Two Morgiana Hurdle at Navan this afternoon.

Limestone Lad could still be in action at the Cheltenham Festival next month despite suffering a freak accident earlier this week.

Aidan O'Brien's Istabraq heads 40 entries for the Smurfit Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on March 12.

Istabraq begins his quest for an unprecedented fourth Smurfit Champion Hurdle success at Leopardstown tomorrow.