SANDOWN: 1.55 Captain Conan; 2.30 Starluck

The one certainty about the Tingle Creek at Sandown today is that it is going to be spectacular.

Thurles today is set to house a rather unique card, comprising six chases, should the meeting survive an 8am inspection due to the threat of frost.

The wind blew, umbrellas flew and even the rain felt like it could cut you in two, but the show went on at Punchestown yesterday.

CONDITIONS were horrendous for last evening’s truncated card at Punchestown, but the show went ahead with the Irish Daily Mirror War Of Attrition Novice Hurdle completely dominated by Willie Mullins.

Champion Irish trainer Willie Mullins dominated on a truncated run in gruelling conditions at Punchestown.

Veteran Cadogan, which belatedly got off the mark over fences on this track two weeks ago, made all to land the valuable Irish Stallion Farms Novice Handicap Chase at Navan yesterday, the second leg of a double for trainer Jim Dreaper.

THE main interest at Fairyhouse this afternoon will centre on the performance of Dermot Weld’s Galileo’s Choice in the Easter Festival 8th-10th April Novice Hurdle.

The two-day Leopardstown meeting is one of the busiest and most important we have had for a while.

Mikael D'Haguenet's rehabilitation continued with an effortless win in the Limestone Lad Hurdle at Naas.

BOOKMAKERS are generally rather coy about admitting they have had a good day, or a good meeting, but this week a number accepted that Leopardstown at Christmas had been rather tasty for them.

WILLIE MULLINS set the opening stage of Leopardstown alight yesterday with a fine double, including Blackstairmountain in the Grade 1 Racing Post Novice Chase.

Willie Mullins was thanking his lucky stars after Blackstairmountain capped a treble-topping day for the County Carlow trainer by landing the feature race at Leopardstown.

ON Monday morning, nice and early, I’ll head to Dublin airport for a 7.45am flight to Heathrow.