Charlie Swan hopes being out of the handicap will not prevent Royal Man and Gripit N Tipit from putting up good performances in the ladbrokes.com Munster National at Limerick on Sunday.

CASEY JONES, making a quick reappearance after departing the scene early on his debut over fences at Gowran Park eight days ago, gets the nap in the Book Online Beginners Chase at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

Davy Fitzgerald reports Mister Top Notch to be in rude health as he prepares to take his chance in the Ladbrokes.com Munster National at Limerick on Sunday.

DASHING GEORGE gave a brilliant exhibition of jumping to land the Denny Gold Medal Handicap Chase at Tralee yesterday.

MISTER Top Notch, now a nine-year-old, can enjoy a first ever success on the flat in the Denny Havasnack Race at Tralee this afternoon.

ERIC McNAMARA produced a brilliant training performance to win back-to-back Guinness Kerry Nationals with Ponmeoath at a packed Listowel yesterday.

MISTER Top Notch stayed in the Kerry National yesterday morning and so, as expected, I’m on Davenport Democrat today.

Henry De Bromhead is hopeful of a good run from Oscar India in the Guinness Kerry National at Listowel tomorrow.

IT looks as if Listowel is going to finally beat the weather today and it is great to think we are now set to have five days of National Hunt action, which is a fair old salvage operation.

Neptune Collonges put up a tremendous performance to secure back-to-back successes in the Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup at the Irish venue.

Finger On the Pulse will bid for a Festival double when he lines up for a crack at the Ellier Developments Champion Novice Chase at Punchestown on Tuesday.

Tazbar can emerge an animal of the highest order by winning the Citroen C5 Sefton Novices’ Hurdle at Aintree.

IN theory Shakervilz had it all to do in the betchronicle.com Hurdle at Fairyhouse yesterday, but was best for money in the ring, 5-2 to 2-1, and duly did the business.

A HUGE amount of runners really makes Navan this afternoon a less than appetising prospect.

THE rather frustrating King Johns Castle has been found a good opportunity by Arthur Moore in the Powerstown Chase at Clonmel this afternoon.

ARE you, like me, totally confused when it comes to the Grade 1 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown on Sunday.

Mister Top Notch put up an outstanding weight-carrying performance to win the valuable Pierse Leopardstown Handicap Chase.

Leg Spinner was a big disappointment in the Kerry Spring Water Hurdle at Listowel today, finishing well beaten behind all-the-way winner Kingsmaster.

Former champion Irish amateur Philip Fenton saddles his first runners at Cheltenham next week as he begins his quest to add a training success to that as a jockey.

Davy Fitzgerald will bypass a trip to the Cheltenham Festival with his stable star Mister Top Notch.

ARAN CONCERTO will travel to Cheltenham next month with all guns blazing, following a smooth success in the Deloitte Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown on Saturday.

Robert Tyner pulled off a remarkable long-term coup as Spring The Que caused a 16-1 upset in the Pierse Hurdle at Leopardstown.

LISTENING to Ruby Walsh at the Cashmans’ Cheltenham preview-night on Monday you would be inclined to avail of the 7-4 or so available about him to be leading jockey at next week’s Festival.

Merdeka faces the acid test as he steps up to Grade Two company for the first time in Sunday’s Woodlands Park 100 Slaney Novice Hurdle at Naas.

MICHAEL DARCY took the riding honours on a day of shocks at Thurles yesterday, recording a double on Baily Breeze and Just.