RUBY WALSH made a spectacular return to race-riding in Ireland when powering Scotsirish to a clear-cut success in the featured Grade 2 O’Connell Logistics Hilly Way Chase at Cork yesterday.

Kauto Star began his campaign in faultless fashion with an emphatic victory in the JNwine.com Champion Chase at Down Royal.

Knight Legend has been given the go-ahead to take on the likes of Kauto Star and The Listener in the JNwine.com Champion Chase at Down Royal on Saturday.

Tom Taaffe reports Kicking King to be "absolutely fine" following his fall on his seasonal debut at Gowran Park yesterday.

KNIGHT LEGEND is a hopeful nap choice to land the Grade 2 Champion Chase at Gowran Park this afternoon, on what looks another desperately difficult programme to solve.

FORMER Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kicking King (above) makes his first appearance of the autumn in today’s Gowran Park Champion Chase.

Tom Taaffe still hopes to run Kicking King in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup despite a disappointing performance at Gowran Park.

Kicking King was a disappointing third behind shock winner Ballistraw in the Red Mills Chase at Gowran Park.

Kicking King moves into phase two of his comeback programme in Saturday’s Red Mills Chase at Gowran Park, with trainer Tom Taaffe confident everything is going according to plan.

OUR BEN, who came into yesterday’s featured Wilf Dooly Chase at Tramore in the form of his life, suffered a fatal fall when breaking his neck at the second last.

Knight Legend came home in his own time to record an easy victory in the Wilf Dooly Chase after the hat-trick seeking Our Ben suffered a fatal fall at the penultimate fence.

KNIGHT Legend gets the nap to land an interesting and valuable Wilf Dooly Chase at Tramore this afternoon.

Jessica Harrington may allow Knight Legend to take his chance in the Boylesports.com Gold Cup at Cheltenham next weekend.

Henrietta Knight is mulling over whether to send Aztec Warrior to Ascot or Haydock on Saturday.

MOSSBANK, so impressive when winning the Munster National at Limerick, stepped up in class in spectacular fashion to land the Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase at Clonmel yesterday.

JUSTIFIED, despite continuing reservations about him travelling right-handed, is the choice in the Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase at Clonmel this afternoon.

Justified heads a field of nine for the Clonmel Oil Chase at the County Tipperary track tomorrow.

PAUL NICHOLLS’ Taranis has to be the choice to land the Grade 1 James Nicholson Wine Merchant Champion Chase at Down Royal this afternoon.

SIZING EUROPE can land the nap in the Ryans' Cleaning Services Hurdle at Punchestown this afternoon.

Michael O’Brien has concerns about the ground at Punchestown and could yet pull Forget The Past from Wednesday’s Star “Best For Racing Coverage” Chase.

EXCITING novice chaser Conna Castle has met with a setback and could be out for the rest of the season.

CONNA CASTLE gets the vote to win a fascinating little six-runner Kilbegnet EBF Novice Chase at Roscommon this afternoon.

CONNA CASTLE, who lost his chance in the Galway Plate with a bad blunder at the ninth, got back on the winning trail in the Southampton Goodwill Chase at Listowel yesterday.

Mansony is as low as 14-1 with William Hill to lift top honours at Cheltenham next season after upsetting some of the established order with victory in the Kerrygold Champion Chase at Punchestown.

Clopf justified favouritism in the vcbet.com Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday, but had to work ever so hard under Barry Geraghty to land the wagers, writes Pat Keane.

THE LISTENER gets a confident vote to run his rivals ragged in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup Chase at Leopardstown this afternoon.

WELL MOUNTED is a sporting nap choice to land the 30-runner Pierse Hurdle at Leopardstown tomorrow.

DAVY FITZGERALD, who trains just ten miles away at Askeaton, enjoyed the biggest success of his career when Pearly Jack landed the Munster National Handicap Chase at Limerick yesterday.

MATTOCK RANGER should relish the two miles and six of the Cashel Maiden Hurdle at Thurles this afternoon and gets the nap.

DUAL bumper and triple point-to-point winner Conna Castle is fancied to enjoy a first success over flights in the opening division of the Festival Hospitality Maiden Hurdle at Punchestown this afternoon.

JESSICA HARRINGTON received a welcome pre-Cheltenham boost when Green Belt Flyer and Knight Legend provided her with a fine double at Naas yesterday.