MISTER Top Notch, now a nine-year-old, can enjoy a first ever success on the flat in the Denny Havasnack Race at Tralee this afternoon.

HEAVENLY BLUES, who performed solidly on the flat at Galway, came right back to his best over flights when storming to victory in the featured Kevin McManus Bookmaker Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

JOHN OXX’S horses are in good shape and, hopefully, Hasanka can keep his current good run going by landing the Listed K and M Timber Ballycullen Stakes at the Curragh this afternoon.

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.

THERE are definite signs of late that Noel Meade's horses may be about to strike form again and, consequently, his Clarnazar may be worth risking in the Book Your Festival Tickets Hurdle at Punchestown today.

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

McNamara completed a 186-1 big-race double at Gowran on Catch Me in the Red Mills Centenary Trial Hurdle this afternoon.

HARDY EUSTACE, the highest rated and oldest horse in the contest, is the hopeful choice to land the Grade 1 AIG Europe Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown tomorrow.

Taranis and The Listener could run in Saturday’s James Nicholson Wine Merchant Champion Chase at Down Royal.

THE classy Rinroe gets the nap to land a cracking Diamond Vision Novice Hurdle on an excellent card at Galway this afternoon.

POLAR CALL looks the bet of the weekend in the first division of the Rendez-vous Maiden Hurdle at Navan tomorrow.

CALL BEWLEYS will be hard to beat in the Summer Sundays @ Fairyhouse Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse this evening.

THE early indications, after just four days of the flat season, are that Aidan O'Brien's horses may well be much further forward than the trainer believed.

AIDAN O’BRIEN, yet to get off the mark for the season, could team up with Seamus Heffernan for a treble at Limerick today.

ERIC MCNAMARA’S Larkwing booked his place at Cheltenham with a smooth success in the Bothar Hibernian Maiden Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

JOHN MURPHY is set to take the wraps off Cheltenham hero Newmill in the Grade 2 Byrne Group Tied Cottage Chase at Punchestown tomorrow.

MOORE’S LAW, absent for 78 days, outclassed his rivals in the Blackwater Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

Hughie Morrison’s evergreen stayer Alcazar bids for back-to-back victories in the Hesmonds Stud Sagaro Stakes at Lingfield tomorrow.

Doctor Scott can take the step up from maiden company to Listed class in his stride with victory in the Weatherbys Bank Stonehenge Stakes at Salisbury tomorrow.

Anak Pekan produced a brave performance to land back-to-back runnings of the totesport Chester Cup today.

Ante-post favourite Swift Sailor is one of a maximum field of 18 to stand their ground at the final declaration stage for Wednesday’s totesport Chester Cup.

Bull Run will not be supplemented for the Vodafone Derby after the colt missed a vital piece of work at Newmarket this morning.

David Loder and his new jockey Johnny Murtagh gained a first turf success with a horse who could have a big future when Bull Run turned the Sweet & Maxwell Archbold Maiden Stakes into a procession at Windsor today.