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Hurricane Fly rewrote the history books when capturing the five-runner Stanjames.com Morgiana Hurdle at odds of 1/16 in Punchestown yesterday, the highlight of a superb day for champion trainer Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh, who landed his first five-timer in Ireland.

Norwegian singer Ane Brun plays her only Irish date at Dublin’s Vicar Street on Saturday.

I hope to round off what has been a great season for me by landing the Grade 1 mares’ hurdle aboard Tarla at Punchestown today.

I must start this week by telling you about my first ever trip to Japan last weekend.

Mares like Dawn Run and Quevega arrive on the scene all too rarely, but it is quite possible Annie Power may be regarded in that league at some stage in the future.

A mistake at the final obstacle cost Mikael D’Haguenet a first victory over fences in the Punchestown Gift Vouchers Beginners Chase.

Colour Vision and Frankie Dettori survived a stewards’ inquiry as they held off fellow Godolphin runner Opinion Poll to take top honours in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot.

I think I’ll win the Betfair Chase at Ascot this afternoon on Kauto Stone.

RUBI LIGHT, running over his ideal two and a half mile trip, has to be the choice in the Grade 2 Red Mills Chase at Gowran Park this afternoon.

PAUL NICHOLLS throws Al Ferof in at the deep end in the Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot today, but I think it is the right decision.

IT really is something of a rarity to spend the entire weekend at home, but I’m at Punchestown this afternoon and Navan tomorrow.

RUBY WALSH believes Long Run deserves to be favourite for the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup.

IT is very much a case of role reversal for me this weekend. Normally, I'm in England today and back in Ireland tomorrow, but it is the opposite this time round.

Sweden international defender Mikael Lustig will officially become a Celtic player on Sunday after his transfer to Glasgow was completed, the Clydesdale Bank Premier League side confirmed today.

Familiarity breeds nagging comparisons rather than contempt in David Fincher’s English-language remake of Niels Arden Oplev’s acclaimed crime thriller, adapted from the best-seller by Stieg Larsson.

THE notion Mikael d’Haguenet might one day develop into a Cheltenham Gold Cup horse has long been forgotten, but he retains a fair amount of ability and is the nap choice in the Trinity Motor Neuron Disease Research Hurdle at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

Celtic have announced the signing of Mikael Lustig on a pre-contract agreement and the Sweden defender will move to Parkhead in January on a three-and-a-half-year contract.

I SUPPOSE people may be a little surprised at my choice of ride, Shakervilz, in Monday’s Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse.

WILLIE MULLINS insists his brilliant mare Quevega is likely to compete against her own sex once again at Cheltenham next year after completing a hat-trick in the David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle last week.

WHEN I settled down, after what was an astonishing first day of Cheltenham, I began to reflect on all of the miserable days I suffered over the previous four months.

LAST weekend we went through the big Hennessy meeting at Leopardstown in some detail, but the weather ruined the party and, of course, it has been rescheduled to this afternoon.

LEOPARDSTOWN tomorrow houses four terrific Grade 1 contests, headed by the Hennessy Gold Cup, but first things first and Naas this afternoon.

ANYONE who knows me will be well aware that sitting on the fence is not in my nature, but it is precisely what I intend to do as far as tomorrow’s Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown is concerned.

Mikael D’Haguenet faces seven rivals as he goes on a retrieval mission in the Bord na Mona With Nature Novice Chase at Leopardstown tomorrow.

Cate Blanchett has signed on for ‘The Hobbit’.

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Willie Mullins expressed delight after Mikael D’Haguenet and Hurricane Fly came through a racecourse gallop with flying colours.

Brentford’s Carling Cup third-round win over Everton last night was overshadowed by David Moyes’ claim that a Bees fan hurled a bottle into the travelling support in the pitch invasion which followed the shock victory.

The grim and darkly atmospheric thrillers based on Swedish writer Stieg Larsson’s trilogy move onward with the quirky, and somewhat sinister, computer hacker Lisbeth (the mesmerising Rapace) returning home after a year away to work again with magazine editor Mikael (Nyqvist) on a sex scandal story that reaches the top of local society.

Willie Mullins admits his exciting prospect Mikael D’Haguenet is unlikely to be seen in racecourse action before the end of the season.

Three-time Grade One winner Mikael D’Haguenet has been ruled out of the Cheltenham Festival.

GIVEN that we are in the deepest recession since the foundation of the state, you would have to describe Punchestown last week as reasonably successful.

THE rapidly improving Solwhit got the better of Punjabi at the end of a pulsating Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown last evening.

I had minor doubts about Fiveforthree staying three miles, but he certainly got the trip well at Punchestown yesterday.

MIKAEL d’HAGUENET, who has done us proud through the entire campaign, has to be the nap choice to head for a summer’s grass in a blaze of glory in the Land Rover Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown this evening.

ARSENAL’S defensive crisis has deepened ahead of the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea tomorrow after Kieran Gibbs emerged as his latest injury concern.

A TRUE superstar of the racing game was born last week at Cheltenham in the shape of Ruby Walsh.

Willie Mullins would have preferred more rain at Cheltenham ahead of Mikael D’Haguenet’s Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle run tomorrow.

I AM more than hopeful Celestial Halo can give his Champion Hurdle prospects a big boost by winning at Sandown this afternoon.

Mikael D’Haguenet is reported to be in good form as he seeks a four-timer in the Abbey Electrical Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle at Punchestown on Sunday.

FOR me there is absolutely no doubt what the highlight of the weekend promises to be and that’s getting on Mikael d’Haguenet in public for the first time in a Grade 2 at Naas tomorrow.

EXACTLY four weeks after Pride Of Dulcote sent me spinning to the turf at Cheltenham, I return to Prestbury Park this afternoon and the hope, obviously, is to get out of the place in one piece.