Jessica Harrington is looking forward to running Macs Joy at Punchestown following his fine effort in the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle.

MANY may have written off Moscow Flyer’s chances of a third Queen Mother Champion Chase here today, but his trainer Jessica Harrington was last night drawing a lot of comfort from the performance in the Champion Hurdle of Macs Joy.

The Jessica Harrington-trained Macs Joy has been backed without exclusion for the Red Mills Trial Hurdle at Gowran Park on Saturday.

THERE doesn’t appear any logical reason to oppose Macs Joy in tomorrow’s AIG Europe Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown.

MACS JOY, fresh from Grade One success over the Christmas period, will try and complete the first leg of the Irish-English Champion Hurdle double at Leopardstown tomorrow.

THE Down Royal executive will be thrilled with the response to their programme this afternoon, with top class horses such as Brave Inca, Macs Joy, Total Enjoyment and Mariah Rollins on show.