I have seven rides for the weekend and the hope is to walk out of Limerick tomorrow unscathed and fit and raring to go for the biggest four days of the season at Cheltenham.

NIGEL Twiston-Davies has decided to skip the totesport Trophy at Newbury on February 13 with Khyber Kim and head straight for the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle.

INSTEAD of teaming up with the likes of Big Buck’s, Pepe Simo and Big Fella Thanks at Ascot today, I will be spending the afternoon at home.

I suppose you could best describe my weekend as the storm before the calm!