The split between Willie Mullins and owners Gigginstown House Stud has been well documented, but, unfortunate as it is, it has happened and we must move on from it now.

Federici proved himself on course for next week’s Punchestown Festival when coasting to an emphatic victory in the Next racing At Fairyhouse June 2nd Handicap Hurdle in Fairyhouse yesterday.

Pat Fahy is considering a tilt at the Galway Plate with Morning Assembly following his creditable effort in the Grand National at Aintree last weekend.

Cheltenham Gold Cup winning connections, jockey Bryan Cooper, trainer Gordon Elliott and owners Gigginstown Stud, combined to take the feature at the matinee meeting in Clonmel, the Suir Valley Chase, with Bright New Dawn.

Morning Assembly is firmly on course for the Crabbie’s Grand National after returning home safe and sound following an excellent run at last week’s Cheltenham Festival.

Reverting to hurdles after a successful campaign chasing, Colms Dream cruised to an easy, if narrow, victory in the Silks @ Down Royal Handicap Hurdle in Down Royal yesterday.

Bonny Kate enhanced her Irish Grand National claims as she made every yard of the running to land the Grade Two 8/1 Willie Mullins To Train A Cheltenham Winner At Coral.ie EBF Mares Novice Chase at Limerick.

Willie Mullins took the feature, Gordon Elliott added two to his tally, the fine form of the Pat Fahy stable continued unabated with another brace, and a Charles Byrne-trained horse landed a tidy gamble. Clonmel, on a crisp spring afternoon, was a microcosm of the national hunt season thus far.

“We’ll dream for another while,” said trainer Gordon Elliott after Don Cossack completed his racecourse preparation for the Cheltenham Gold Cup with a workmanlike performance in yesterday’s Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles.

Odds-on favourite Up For Review romped to an impressive win in the Grade 2 Dorans Pride Novice Hurdle, rescheduled from Limerick on Tuesday, in Punchestown yesterday.

With only one winning favourite on the seven-race programme, bookmakers got an early Christmas present at Thurles, where 20-1 chance Seabass turned back the clock when running away with the David O’Halloran Memorial Rated Novice Hurdle in the hands of Katie Walsh.

Trainer Karl Thornton has his small string in tremendous form and Manuka gave the Skerries handler his third winner in three days when landing the Powerstown Demesne Qualified Riders’ Handicap Hurdle under Johnny Barry.

Western Boy could go for the Tote Irish Cesarewitch at the Curragh on October 11 before going back over jumps following his fine effort at Leopardstown.

Trainer Pat Fahy topped and tailed yesterday’s meeting at Clonmel with the victories for Eyes Of A Tiger and Ten Times Better, while their respective riders, Ruby and Katie Walsh, helped record a memorable day for the Walsh family as their father, Ted, was also on the mark, with Old Castletown.

The horse racing roadshow moves to Clonmel this afternoon, where the Pat Fahy-trained Eyes Of A Tiger is fancied to making a winning debut over jumps in the Laganore Maiden Hurdle.

“We’ll leave Kerry happy now,” said in-form trainer Willie McCreery, following the victory of Fact Or Folklore in the featured Guinness Premier Handicap on day four of the Listowel Festival.

Herald The Dawn, impressive when winning his maiden at Naas earlier this month, produced a sustained and very game effort to overcome soft ground and exciting filly Now Or Never in the Group 2 Galileo EBF Futurity Stakes yesterday afternoon at the Curragh.

Henry de Bromhead invariably does well at Tramore, and can take the bumper with the promising Simiel.

Off the track for almost a year, since making an impressive debut at the Curragh, the Aidan O’Brien-trained Words captured the Group 3 Munster Oaks, feature of yesterday’s action in Cork.

Success Days is set to challenge for Classic honours as he once again relished the testing conditions with an emphatic victory in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown yesterday.

Davy Condon insists he feels “very lucky” despite being forced to retire from the saddle due to a spinal injury.

Pat Fahy has been forced to abandon plans to bring Morning Assembly back in time for the major spring Festivals.

Trainer Gordon Elliott reached a notable milestone in his career — his first century of winners in a National Hunt season — when the Nina Carberry-ridden debutante Myztique landed the mares bumper on Student Day in Fairyhouse yesterday.

Vautour, one of the most visually impressive winners of the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle in recent years, could make his chasing debut over fences at Navan on Sunday.

It’s Punchestown for me over the next two days, with the battle between Hurricane Fly and Jezki in tomorrow’s Morgiana Hurdle likely to prove the big talking point of the weekend.

I’m sure most people are delighted with the mild and dry weather we have been experiencing for a while now, but for those of us in the racing game, at least the National Hunt end of things, it is really annoying.

Jim Bolger’s once-raced Ring Chief can land the Sligo Champion Supporting Sligo GAA Maiden at the western track tonight.

Robert Tyner and Philip Enright continued their terrific run when Carrigmoorna Rock cruised to victory in the Girls Nite Out At Clonmel Races Mares’ Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel last night.

Faugheen, a winner over two miles and five furlongs at the Cheltenham Festival, will drop down to two miles for the first time over jumps in the Herald Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown on Tuesday.

Seabass has been withdrawn from the Crabbie’s Grand National after suffering a serious injury at Down Royal on Monday.

O’Faolains Boy came up trumps in a titanic duel with Smad Place for the RSA Chase.

Patrick Mullins has let his heart rule his head in his decision to partner Black Hercules in today’s Weatherbys Champion Bumper (5.15) at Cheltenham.

Ballycasey’s blip when falling in a schooling session after racing at Leopardstown has not unduly concerned Willie Mullins ahead of today’s RSA Chase (2.05) at Cheltenham.

Willie Mullins has left Un De Sceaux in the Stan James Champion Hurdle alongside Hurricane Fly.

Double Irish is among those trying to earn a trip to the Cheltenham Festival in the Surehaul Mercedes-Benz Novice Hurdle at Clonmel today.

Trainer Pat Fahy will consider sending stable star Morning Assembly straight for the RSA Chase at the Cheltenham Festival without another run.

Bryan Cooper and Dessie Hughes shared a New Year’s Day double in Fairyhouse as Lieutenant Colonel and Off The Charts powered to emphatic victories.