Dane O’Neill described Leicester as his lucky course after riding his second treble in successive months at the East Midlands track.

Nawamees continued his remarkable run at the lowest grade by landing the Celebrate Your Birthday at Lingfield Park Claiming Stakes.

Paul Makin, the colourful owner of top miler Starcraft, has bought two horses to be trained by Luca Cumani in a bid to land the 2006 Emirates Melbourne Cup.

Rooster Booster tops a field of 13 for Saturday’s Stanleybet Handicap Hurdle at Haydock, where he is set for a rematch with Royal Shakespeare.

Gary Moore is hoping last season’s Cheltenham hero Tikram can provide his team with another big-race winner at the home of jumps racing when he lines up in the £110,000 (€159,500) Paddy Power Gold Cup next month.