ALICKADOO is proving a decent money-spinner for the Tom Nagle yard, battling on dourly to win the Barringtons' Hospital Doctors and Nurses Handicap at Limerick yesterday.

ANDREW MCNAMARA, who lost his claim recently, continued in a rich vein of form when partnering Arteea to an effortless win in the 45,000 Tote Exacta Ballybrit Novice Chase at Galway yesterday.

ROOFTOP PROTEST sprung a minor surprise when seeing off odds-on favourite Rocket Ship in the Diffusion Event Management Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday.

RUBY WALSH continued in sparkling form when recording a fine treble at Galway yesterday, but stood himself down after a crashing fall and is likely to miss the rest of the week’s domestic action.

Numbersixvalverde goes for a valuable handicap double in tomorrow’s Powers Gold Label Irish Grand National with trainer Martin Brassil confident he will “love” the three-mile-five-furlong trip.

Watson Lake jumped to the forefront of the Cheltenham picture after an authoritative display of front-running under Paul Carberry in the Flyingbolt Novice Chase at Navan today.

THEY came in their thousands to see Cheltenham Gold Cup aspirant Beef Or Salmon at Limerick yesterday, but the eight-year-old could only manage a disappointing fifth behind Colca Canyon in the Munster National.

WILLIE MULLINS has been pleased with the preparation of his two Martell Cognac Grand National challengers, long-time ante-post favourite Hedgehunter and Alexander Banquet.

ANDREW LEIGH, son of Jessica Harrington's travelling head-man Eamonn, registered the second success of his career when scoring on even-money favourite