BIG BUCK’S and Mikael D’Haguenet are the standout name among 46 entries for the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival on March 17.

Big Buck’s is the standout name among 46 entries for the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival on March 17.

The William Hill Welsh Champion Hurdle at Ffos Las is next on the agenda for Oscar Whisky following his taking performance at Cheltenham on Saturday.

ALAN KING still has the Cheltenham Festival in mind for Medermit and Karabak even though both horses were beaten at the Prestbury Park track on Saturday.

Alan King is likely to give Karabak one more run before the gelding bids for glory in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

NO National Hunt racing today or, you’d imagine, for the foreseeable future gives us a chance to draw breath.

Master Minded made a triumphant return to action as he landed the Amlin 1965 Chase at Ascot.

QUEVEGA emerged as a realistic Stayers’ Hurdle challenger to the champion, Big Buck’s, when totally outclassing the opposition in yesterday’s Ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle at Punchestown.

Quevega has a world of options next season after the star mare got every inch of the three-mile trip in the Ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle at Punchestown.

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

AS far as I’m concerned there is only one plus to me not riding today, and that’s the fact I don’t have to choose between Willie Mullins’ three runners in the World Series Hurdle.

PUNCHESTOWN so far this week has been nothing short of a minefield for punters and today promises more of the same.

FOR a while there, it looked like War of Attrition might just pull off what would have been a heart-warming and unlikely postscript to a storied career in yesterday’s featured World Hurdle.

SO this is it, the highlight of the entire week and the only real question to be answered at Cheltenham today is whether I can win a third Gold Cup on Kauto Star.

FOUR impossible-to-solve handicaps, on a six-race programme, make Cheltenham this afternoon a less than enticing prospect.

Alan King expects to be double handed in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle in March with both Karabak and Katchit being aimed at the race.

LAST YEAR’S winner Big Buck’s features among 35 entries for the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March.

Last year’s winner Big Buck’s features among 35 entries for the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March.

It was a day of slightly mixed results for trainer Nick Williams at Newbury yesterday as victory for Reve De Sivola was followed by stablemate Diamond Harry being put in his place by Big Buck’s.

Big Buck’s once again stamped his class with an authoritative display in the Racing UK On Virgin 536 Long Walk Hurdle at Newbury.

Nicky Henderson’s Zaynar is reportedly in fine form as he prepares to make his seasonal reappearance in the Coral Ascot Hurdle this weekend.

LADBROKES World Hurdle hero Big Buck’s has earned a higher rating than three-time winner Inglis Drever thanks to his performance at Cheltenham last week.

Devon handler Nick Williams believes Diamond Harry ran up to his very best at the Cheltenham Festival – despite losing his unbeaten record in the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle.

MIKAEL D’HAGUENET really is the business. Willie Mullins’s French-import lived up to all the hopes invested in the horse when storming away with the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham yesterday and has future Gold Cup winner stamped all over him.

THE Cheltenham Festival is usually dominated by the big stables but Nick Williams believes Diamond Harry can strike a blow for the smaller yard in Wednesday’s Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle.

Donald McCain is set to let Son Of Flicka step up to graded company for the first time in the Blue Square Novices’ Hurdle at Haydock on Saturday