Jessies Dream remains on course to make his eagerly-anticipated seasonal debut in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown on Sunday.

DESSIE HUGHES has made no secret of the regard in which he holds Minsk, his high-profile recruit off the level from John Oxx.

CASH And Go could take in the Deloitte Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown next month ahead of a run at the Cheltenham Festival.

The stage is set for Kauto Star and Long Run to clash again in the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup on March 16.

GORDON Elliott has warned punters Champion Bumper ante-post favourite Don Cossack is “very doubtful” to make the journey to the Cheltenham Festival in March.

IT’S a funny old game, this racing. Jessica Harrington and Robert Power were down in the dumps, following the unlucky defeat of Oscars Well in the Neptune, but about 45 minutes or so later their entire world had changed.

Gordon Elliott stole the show with a fantastic 101-1 double as Team Ireland claimed six of the seven winners at the Cheltenham Festival on Wednesday.

Is today the day Gordon Elliott breaks his Cheltenham Festival duck?

WHEN it comes to the Cheltenham Festival, the crescendo builds long before the first gun goes and that guttural roar that is released from the stands for the opening race at lunchtime.

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NOBODY could accuse Gordon Elliot of lacking ambition.

THE leading contenders have stood their ground for the sportinbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival next Wednesday.

ANYONE who knows me will be well aware that sitting on the fence is not in my nature, but it is precisely what I intend to do as far as tomorrow’s Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown is concerned.

THE enigmatic Tidal Bay will have a crack at claiming Cheltenham Gold Cup glory after another frustrating effort in the Argento Chase on Saturday.

CHARLES BYRNES has confirmed it is “more than likely” stable star Solwhit will bypass the Cheltenham Festival in favour of a trip to Aintree in April.

MIKAEL D’HAGUENET is hard to oppose in the Grade 1 Born na Mona With Nature Novice Chase at Leopardstown this afternoon.

GORDON ELLIOTT is happy to have resisted the temptation to give his Grade One winner Jessies Dream a festive outing.

LEOPARDSTOWN yesterday bowed to the inevitable and their St Stephen’s Day card has been postponed to Thursday, December 30.

THE Leopardstown executive are praying the thaw will arrive in time to allow their four-day Christmas Festival get underway on Sunday.

Willie Mullins endured a day of mixed fortunes in the major events at Fairyhouse with two Grade One triumphs soured by the fall of great hope Mikael D'Haguenet today.

SOLWHIT is the nap choice to land the Bar One Hatton’s Grace Hurdle, on a terrific programme at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

Mikael D’Haguenet will finally make his eagerly awaited return to action in the Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase at Fairyhouse tomorrow.

HURRICANE FLY heads 13 five-day entries for the Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

Gordon Elliott believes he has a fine chasing prospect in Jessies Dream following a smooth victory on his reappearance at Galway.

Berties Dream finished fourth on his fencing debut in the WB Gavin & Co EBF Beginners Chase at Galway.

THE well-regarded Dubai Prince can land the Group 3 JRA Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown this afternoon.

Paul Gilligan is excited about seeing his stable star Berties Dream tackle fences for the first time in public at Galway on Monday.

IN-FORM trainer Willie Mullins has a powerful three-strong hand in the ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle at Punchestown today.

TAKE a chance on Tranquil Sea providing the answer to a cracking Grade 3 Poplar Square Chase at Naas this afternoon.

ANY doubts about Fiveforthree staying three miles were totally dispelled when he ran away with the Grade 1 ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday.

Jessies Dream gave the irresistible combination of Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh another Festival winner with an impressive display in the AON Insurances Hurdle at Punchestown today.

DAVY RUSSELL was seen at his strongest when driving Clan Tara to victory in the Grade 2 Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle at Thurles yesterday.

WILLIE MULLINS, fresh from another excellent afternoon at Downpatrick yesterday, can keep the momentum going with Quiscover Fontaine in the featured Grade 2 Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle at Thurles today.

SPORTS LINE, who has Cork losses to recover, can do just that in the fairyhouse.ie Maiden Hurdle at the Co Meath track this afternoon, should the meeting survive a 7.30am inspection.

COUSIN VINNY should enjoy little more than a good school, as he continues his build-up to Cheltenham in the EBF Irish Racing Writers’ Novice Hurdle at Naas this afternoon.

JESSICA HARRINGTON’S Give It Time, who won her maiden at Navan by 22 lengths, stepped up to Listed company in style when taking the Dawn Omega Milk EBF Mares Novice Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.