Hasty Prince and Tarlac are both on course to make the starting line-up in the Greatwood Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham on November 12.

Emma Lavelle is in no hurry to make plans for Self Defense following the gelding’s smooth win in the Betfred Hurdle at Kempton.

BARRY GERAGHTY can strike a real blow in his quest to be champion jockey by landing a treble at Leopardstown tomorrow.

LOOK down through the betting for the Champion Hurdle and ask yourself one question - what can beat Brave Inca?

BRAVE INCA is now clear favourite for the Smurfit Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham following yet another superb performance in the AIG Europe Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown yesterday.

Dual Smurfit Champion Hurdle winner Hardy Eustace is down to 5-2 with totesport for a third success in the Cheltenham event after fellow Irish raider Feathard Lady was finally ruled out.

HARCHIBALD, runner-up in the Smurfit Champion Hurdle last spring, has been ruled out of a repeat bid on the day that 35 entries were announced for this year’s renewal on March 14.

COLM MURPHY hopes to know more in the next week about the prospects of his unbeaten Feathard Lady making it to Cheltenham for the Smurfit Champion Hurdle.

Colm Murphy hopes to know more in the next week about the prospects of his unbeaten Feathard Lady making it to Cheltenham for the Smurfit Champion Hurdle.

Lingo is likely to advertise his Smurfit Champion Hurdle credentials in the Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton on February 18.

Christmas Hurdle runner-up Self Defense is poised to line up in the Ladbroke Handicap Hurdle at Sandown on Saturday.

NOEL MEADE believes it will be a “miracle” if Harchibald runs again this season after undergoing an operation to remove a piece of wood or birch lodged in his leg.

IF ever a horse was aptly named it is surely Brave Inca.

John Queally will wait until Friday morning before deciding whether to commit Al Eile to the Stan James Christmas Hurdle on Boxing Day.

Lingo has been ruled out of the Stan James Christmas Hurdle at Sandown on Boxing Day.

BARACOUDA will miss the totesport Long Walk Hurdle at Windsor on Saturday after an administrative error at Francois Doumen's yard ruled the French ace out of this weekend's showpiece.

MUST confess to mild surprise that Brave Inca wasn’t promoted to outright favouritism for the Champion Hurdle, following that performance at Punchestown on Sunday.

Tony McCoy believes Lingo “has to improve a lot” if he is to make a Smurfit Champion Hurdle horse.

Rooster Booster may undergo some tests this week following his disappointing showing in the Greatwood Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham on Sunday.

Lingo emerged as a potential Smurfit Champion Hurdle contender after making a brilliant return to the racecourse on the final day of the Open meeting at Cheltenham.

Rooster Booster returns to the scene of his greatest triumph when he heads a 21-strong field for the Greatwood Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham on Sunday.

Connections of Lingo have yet to decide whether he will make his eagerly-awaited comeback at Cheltenham on Sunday.

French Accordion looks set to bypass a crack at the Greatwood Hurdle at Cheltenham in favour of an alternative engagement at the Paddy Power meeting.

Lingo went to the head of the market for the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival after winning the feature race at Sandown Park yesterday.

SPIRIT LEADER has been backed for the Smurfit Champion Hurdle with Ladbrokes.

Back In Front had to work hard to justify odds-on favouritism in the Mongey Communications Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown this afternoon to confirm his credentials for the Smurfit Champion Hurdle next March.

Tote Cambridgeshire winner Chivalry is under orders to become the first runner from owner Graham Wylie’s spending spree at the Newmarket horses in training sale.

JOHN GOSDEN is always to be feared when he saddles a runner in a big handicap and his Charley Bates stands out in the Tote Ebor at York today.