ERIC McNAMARA produced a fine training performance to land the Grade 3 Kevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle with Larkwing at Tipperary yesterday.

Larkwing showed a touch of class under Barry Geraghty to win the Kevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle at Tipperary.

NOW that Dermot Weld’s horses have struck form again, he had a treble at Leopardstown on Wednesday night, it should pay dividends to keep him very much on our side and his Italian import, Le Cadre Noir, gets the nap to land the Listed Belgrave Stakes at Fairyouse tomorrow.

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Check out today's tips for the racing meets at Roscommon and Brighton.

THE moderate Knowing Wink should be good enough to squeeze through the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Median Auction Maiden at Killarney tonight.

A brilliant tactical ride by Barry Geraghty saw Nicky Henderson’s Punjabi decisively land the ACC Bank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday.

Sublimity and Harchibald clash in the ACCBank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown on Friday – but Sizing Europe will not be there.

Kalderon is set to tackle fellow Irish raider Al Eile in the Scottish And Newcastle Pub Enterprises Aintree Hurdle on Saturday.

AL EILE features among 17 horses engaged in Saturday’s Scottish And Newcastle Pub Enterprises Aintree Hurdle.

Al Eile features among 17 horses engaged in Saturday’s Scottish And Newcastle Pub Enterprises Aintree Hurdle.

YOU would have to say Monday’s Irish Grand National meeting at Fairyhouse was a bit disappointing.

A crack at the 2009 Aintree Grand National is firmly in the sights of Mouse Morris after his Hear The Echo stormed to success in the Powers Whiskey-sponsored Irish equivalent at Fairyhouse.

IN theory Shakervilz had it all to do in the betchronicle.com Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday, but was best for money in the ring, 5-2 to 2-1, and duly did the business.

THE Powers’ Whiskey Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse today is as open a contest as you can get, but a little each-way on Ballycullen Boy may not miss the target by much.

Sizing Europe and defending champion Sublimity are among 17 declarations for the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle on Tuesday.

AL EILE is one of several classy National Hunt performers among the 42 entries for the Crosssmaglen Benefit Night Race over a mile and a half at Dundalk on Friday.

Lemon Silk was added to the reopened Bathwick Tyres Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton on Saturday.

Tom Hogan is likely to keep campaigning Silver Jaro in Ireland following his fine effort in the Pierse Hurdle at Leopardstown.

Former Champion Chase hero Moscow Flyer got the biggest cheer of the day when bounding to victory on his return to the racecourse in the 18th running of the Diageo Ireland Punchestown Charity Sweepstakes today.

ZERO TOLERANCE tops the 63 horses left in the William Hill Lincoln at the five-day confirmation stage.

Tom Hogan could be double-handed in the Ladbrokes Irish Lincolnshire on the opening day of the Irish Flat season at the Curragh on Sunday.

AMARETTO ROSE’S main obstacle ahead of the Anglo Irish Bank Supreme Novices’ Hurdle could be her lack of match practice, according to handler Nicky Henderson.

Nicky Henderson’s Amaretto Rose will face 21 rivals in the Anglo Irish Bank Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.

HE may be rising 14 years old, but Spot Thedifference shows no signs of slowing and landed his fifth success over the cross-country course in the Sporting Index Chase on the first day of Cheltenham’s Open meeting.

FESTIVAL possible Kalderon has his first taste of Cheltenham today in the Anglo Irish Private Banking Novices’ Hurdle. Connections have the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle back at Prestbury Park in March as the main objective for the six-year-old.

WHEN Teofilo proved far too good for Holy Roman Emperor in the National Stakes at the Curragh last month it seemed to confirm what Jim Bolger has been telling us all along, that this is the best colt he has ever trained.

CHAMPION Hurdle aspirant Harchibald proved hugely disappointing when trailing in fourth of five behind Scarthy Lad in the Tipperary Hurdle at Tipperary yesterday.

RUBY WALSH became the first jockey in history to ride the winner of the Guinness Kerry National three years in-a-row when guiding Bothar Na to a smooth success in the traditional feature of the Listowel Festival yesterday.

TAKE a chance on bottom weight Deep Return in a wide open Guinness Kerry National at Listowel this afternoon.

IN Monday's Racing Post David Ashforth, who is on a tour of the racecourses of Britain and Ireland, gave what could be best described as a scathing account of Tralee last week.

TOM HOGAN'S Kalderon has promised to deliver a decent pot for a while and he did it at the conclusion of the Tralee Festival yesterday when putting up a game display in the Listed Ruby Stakes.

RUBY WALSH can strike a major blow in his quest to be champion jockey by landing a double at Tramore tomorrow with Natural Storm and Macs Flamingo.

Aidan O’Brien suffered an early reverse in his quest for Classic honours when Vodafone Oaks hopeful Chenchikova was beaten on the opening day of the Irish Flat season at the Curragh.

LISTENING to Ruby Walsh at the Cashmans’ Cheltenham preview-night on Monday you would be inclined to avail of the 7-4 or so available about him to be leading jockey at next week’s Festival.