Nicky Henderson is fearful of the challenge posed by his former inmate Khyber Kim in the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle – despite playing a three-strong hand tomorrow with Punjabi, Zaynar and Binocular.

Blue Bajan heads a final field of 24 runners for the totesport Trophy at Newbury on Saturday.

Next month’s totesport Trophy at Newbury is on the agenda for Mamlook following his impressive success at Ascot last weekend.

NIGEL Twiston-Davies has decided to skip the totesport Trophy at Newbury on February 13 with Khyber Kim and head straight for the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle.

Darley Sun defied statistics to run away with the totesport.com Cesarewitch at Newmarket.

Belcantista, ante-post gamble for The Ladbroke, has sneaked in one from bottom in the 21-horse line-up.

TANGO FOXTROT is the nap choice to land the Eddies Hardware Race for Willie Mullins at Bellewstown tonight.

Minaad, four times a winner on the Flat in Germany, made it two out of two over hurdles when justifying 8-11 favouritism under Josh Byrne in the AJ Glassfibre Novices’ Hurdle at Market Rasen.

DAVID MCCABE notched his first winner since returning to Ireland in February of last year when the Aidan O’Brien-trained Song Of Hiawatha proved a shock all-the-way winner of he concluding Irish Stallion Farms Race at Navan yesterday.

THE progressive Dick Morris is the bet of the weekend in Ireland in the Croom House Stud Maiden at Listowel tomorrow.

LIGHTLY-raced Maucaillou can get off the mark at the third time of asking in the Killeens Equestrian Centre Maiden Hurdle at Wexford this evening.

MAMLOOK can provide champion-elect Declan McDonogh with yet another winner in the first division of the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden at Gowran Park this afternoon.