Selected tips from courses in the UK and Ireland.

FIRST BEAUTY has to be a reasonably confident choice to land the Oran Novice Hurdle at Roscommon tonight.

THE progressive Leblon should prove hard to beat in the Listowel Writers’ Week Mares Hurdle at the Kerry track this afternoon.

La Touche Cup runner-up Freneys Well went one better in the Irish Field Chase at Punchestown.

LONG odds-on Apt Approach had to dig deep to beat Taradoun in the Lisronagh Beginners Chase at Clonmel yesterday.

ARD Na Greine landed the listed Martin Molony Stakes for Jim Bolger and Kevin Manning at Limerick last night and will now contest next Sunday’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at the Curragh.