Fingal Bay is among a massive 118 entries for the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle on the second day of the Cheltenham Festival, March 14.

Haydock Listed winner Crystal Gal will have her next race in the Dance Design Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday.

Class Is Class lived up to his name as he turned Haydock’s Betfred Rose Of Lancaster Stakes into a procession under Kieren Fallon.

JIM BOLGER dismissed the busy schedule of Banimpire being a concern ahead of today’s Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Dorcas Lane is on course to continue her surprisingly promising season in Royal Ascot’s Ribblesdale Stakes.

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ANTE-POST favourite Twice Over heads a select field of six runners set to go to post in tomorrow’s Coral-Eclipse at Sandown.

Coup Royale ensured there would be little comedown for Jean Bishop after the thrill of her Cheltenham Festival winner by striking in the owner's blue and pink silks at Plumpton.

Perennial champion jockey Tony McCoy ended 2009 on a high by signing off the year with a near 742-1 treble at Warwick courtesy of wins from Leo’s Lucky Star, Afistfullofpebbles and Prince Geeno.

Paul Nicholls unleashed another of his powerful squad as Cheltenham candidate Pride of Dulcote put in an exhibition round in the Fred Rimell Memorial Novices' Chase at Worcester.

Lucy Wadham is confident El Dancer will be a force to be reckoned with given suitable ground in the €100,000 Evening Herald Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown on Tuesday.

Cheltenham will arrive just a little too soon for Enfant de Lune, who could now head to Aintree in April following an uncomplicated 10-length victory at Lingfield.

AMATEUR Brian O’Connell is looking forward to a dream first ride in Britain on Dunguib in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at Cheltenham next week.

United is in sparkling form ahead of her challenge in the David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Milton Harris suffered the ups and downs of jumps racing when he had a horse put down and later saddled a winner on the New Year’s Day card at Fakenham.

Dominic Elsworth's late dash to Doncaster after Cheltenham was abandoned paid handsome dividends when he grabbed a 24-1 double on Laskari and Victorias Groom.

Fearghal Davis cashed in on the misfortune of weighing-room colleague Brian Harding by guiding Tamimi’s History to victory at Market Rasen.

Carl Llewellyn is always a trainer to be feared in bumpers but even he will rarely have sent out a more impressive victor than his Stratford representative Have You Seen Me.

Backbord is set to run in the Pertemps Final rather than the Coral Cup at the Cheltenham Festival.

Albertas Run leapt to the head of the betting for the Royal & SunAlliance Chase by flattening some lofty reputations at Ascot.

Lucy Wadham has a lot to thank The Dark Lord for during the last few years and the veteran came up trumps when he was most needed at Fakenham.

Lucy Wadham’s rejuvenated mare United is to step back up into open company for the totesport.com National Spirit Hurdle at Fontwell on Sunday.

She's Our Native once again demonstrated her love of Ludlow with a fifth course success in the Colonel Jock Cleghorn Handicap Chase today.

United could reappear at Haydock later this month if the ground is soft following an encouraging run at Wincanton.

Peter Bowen’s halcyon summer jumps campaign scaled dazzling new heights after Yes Sir hacked up in the valuable totesport.com Summer Plate Handicap Chase at Market Rasen.

Grade One-winning mare United will attempt to regain the winning thread when stepping up in distance in the betfredpoker.com Long Distance Handicap Hurdle at Haydock on Saturday.

Lucy Wadham is concerned the combination of top weight and soft ground could anchor her Grade One-winning mare United in tomorrow’s Sunderland’s Imperial Cup at Sandown.

United could make her seasonal reappearance in the Sunderlands Imperial Cup at Sandown on Saturday.

United could make her seasonal reappearance in the Sunderlands Imperial Cup at Sandown on Saturday.

The Lucy Wadham-trained United is set to make a complete return to fitness in time for the Vincent O’Brien County Handicap Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

THREE days after his Grade 1 success on The Railway Man at Leopardstown, Davy Russell was back among the winners at Fairyhouse yesterday, bringing his total for the season to 60 with an easy win on Fools Rush In in the Advanced Hospitality Bookings Maiden Hurdle.

Connections of Slew Charm are looking forward to a day out at the Cheltenham Festival with the four-year-old after he opened his account over hurdles at Market Rasen.

All eyes will be on Iris’s Gift as the former Stayers’ Hurdle winner bids to complete a four-timer over fences at Newbury tomorrow.

High-class hurdler The Dark Lord will make his chasing debut in the Geoff Hubbard Memorial Novices’ Chase at Fakenham in England on Friday.

The Dark Lord’s scheduled chasing debut has been delayed a few days because his owner is likely to have an interest in a Group One race at Newmarket on Saturday.

British runners gave the Irish a taste of their own medicine at Punchestown today as Ferdy Murphy's Carlys Quest sprung a 25-1 shock in the Ballymore Properties Champion Stayers Hurdle.

United, trained by Lucy Wadham and ridden by Leighton Aspell, won the Grade One Colm McEvoy Auctioneers Champion Four Year old Hurdle at Punchestown today.

Britain will be strongly represented in tomorrow’s Colm McEvoy Auctioneers Champion Four Year Old Hurdle at Punchestown with three of the seven contenders.

UNITED bypasses an outing at Ayr today in order to wait for a crack at the Champion 4-Y-O Hurdle at the Punchestown Festival later this month.

The Dark Lord is only “50-50” to attempt a four-timer in the Pertemps Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham on Friday.

Fantastic Champion was Lucy Wadham’s only runner at today’s Fontwell Park meeting and the 15-2 shot made the trip from Newmarket worthwhile in the opening race.