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

IF Kauto Star is anywhere near the horse he has been throughout his career then you’d have to think him capable of dismissing the opposition at Down Royal today.

DEUTSCHLAND looks set to be trainer Willie Mullins’ sole runner in the French Champion Hurdle on June 19.

Nicky Henderson added to the embarrassment of riches in his hurdling team as Soldatino provided him with a fifth success in the JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Soldatino belied his inexperience to deny Barizan a gutsy front-running success by bridging a Grand Canyon-size gap in the JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham.

ANDREW McNamara feels Tranquil Sea and Alaivan are his two best chances of glory at Cheltenham.

INSTEAD of teaming up with the likes of Big Buck’s, Pepe Simo and Big Fella Thanks at Ascot today, I will be spending the afternoon at home.

Hurricane Fly and Solwhit feature among a high-class list of nine horses left in the Dobbins And Madigans At Punchestown Hurdle on Sunday.

JUMBO RIO is set to bid for a second Grade One prize in the Prix Renaud Du Vivier at Auteuil on November 15.

Jumbo Rio is set to bid for a second Grade One prize in the Prix Renaud Du Vivier at Auteuil on November 15.

ARABELLA BOY, Nina Carberry on board, is eye-catching and is the nap choice in the Supporters’ Club Maiden Hurdle at Wexford this afternoon.

EDDIE Harty is hoping his Cheltenham Festival winner Captain Cee Bee will be back in action in the next couple of months.

Jumbo Rio is going to try his luck in Auteuil again following his victory at Limerick a week ago.

Warne cashed in on Berties Dream's penultimate-flight fall to win the Listed Newenham Mulligan Novice Hurdle at Limerick.

ON an afternoon when Niall Madden enjoyed a first ever four-timer, Jumbo Rio, fresh from two cracking efforts behind the high-class Rendons Grace at Auteuil, showed what a game customer he is when taking the featured Kevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle at Tipperary yesterday.

Jumbo Rio was rewarded for two valiant efforts in France with success in the Kevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle at Tipperary.

THE progressive Love Lockdown can complete a hat-trick of successes in the Listed Kerry Spring Water Rochestown Stakes at Cork tomorrow.

THE Whitewater Shopping Centre Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown this afternoon looks one of the hardest races of the week to solve, but undaunted let’s nap Sesenta.

ALAN Fleming is understandably cautious as he prepares to saddle Starluck, his first Cheltenham Festival runner, in today’s JCB Triumph Hurdle.

Black Apalachi enhanced his Grand National claims with a bold display in the At The Races Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse.

GLENFINN CAPTAIN can get us off to the ideal start for the weekend by landing the Grade 2 Red Mills Chase at Gowran Park this afternoon.

ONE of the big stories to emerge from Leopardstown on Sunday, besides mighty Brave Inca, was the very poor attendance.

JUMBO Rio was given a 33/1 quote by Cashmans for the JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham after making a winning start to his hurdling career at Punchestown yesterday.

BUSHRANGER, a trifle unlucky at Royal Ascot, was taken from 9-2 to 7-2 in the Dubai Duty Free Anglesey Stakes at the Curragh yesterday and did the business in fine style.