Cloudy Lane’s Grand National preparations were hampered as he crashed out at the first fence in the totesport.com Premier Chase at Kelso to gift Money Trix an easy success.

Brendan Powell has Cheltenham in mind for Psychomodo after the improving novice chaser provided the trainer with a first winner at Carlisle.

Peter Monteith is optimistic Standin Obligation can gain the biggest success of his career in the skybet.com Rowland Meyrick Chase at Wetherby on December 26.

Peter Monteith is optimistic Standin Obligation can gain the biggest success of his career in the skybet.com Rowland Meyrick Chase at Wetherby on Boxing Day.

Palomar was given a quote of 33-1 by Cashmans for the Arkle after making a winning debut over fences at Kelso.

BINOCULAR is likely to start at prohibitive odds as he bids to show he is Champion Hurdle material on his first run of the season at Haydock today.

Mark Johnston has a great record at Hamilton and he was on top form in Scotland again with a treble courtesy of Count Paris, Quai D'Orsay and Always Bold.

Cheshire trainer Mick Mullineaux sent Methaaly on a reconnaissance mission to Ayr and it paid off when the five-year-old won the Giles Insurance Corporate Handicap.

It almost ended in tears, but Tony Dobbin signed off his riding career on a winning note when he brought Ballyvoge home in front in a dramatic finish at Carlisle.

Ignotus’ last two runs may have resulted in a 40-day ban and a disqualification but he made the right kind of headlines at Kelso.

Ian McInnes does a fine job with his small string in East Yorkshire and can hit the back of the net at Kempton.

John Gosden’s fact-finding mission into the psyche of Mussoorie can reveal more answers at Lingfield tomorrow.

Tavalu returns from his summer break at Huntingdon and he will take all the beating in the WBX.COM Free Bet For New Accounts Novices’ Chase.

It is hard to look beyond Peter Chapple-Hyam’s Tariq in the Betfair Cup, the feature race on the opening day of Glorious Goodwood.

Ferdy Murphy and Graham Lee stole the show at Ayr with a 20-1 treble highlighted by Marshall Hall, who completed a hat-trick in impressive fashion in the Guinness Handicap Chase and set himself up for a trip to the Punchestown Festival in the process.

The sun may not have been shining at Ayr but Marshall Hall is certainly making hay and took his second race inside four days with a bloodless victory in the RGM Really Good Move Novices’ Chase.

EVAN WILLIAMS was “over the moon” after Highland Games justified the Welsh handler’s long trek to Sedgefield with an impressive victory in the Magic 1170 Handicap Hurdle.

SEAMUS Heffernan will have his appeal heard today against a 14-day ban handed to him by the Ascot stewards following a controversial race for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.

Jockey Timmy Murphy and trainer Peter Monteith go before the disciplinary panel of the Horseracing Regulatory Authority at 11.45am tomorrow in a bid to overturn punishments handed out over the running and riding of Go Commercial.

Timmy Murphy and Peter Monteith have yet to decide whether to appeal against their punishments handed out by the Perth stewards over the running and riding of Go Commercial.

North Devon trainer Nick Williams paid his first visit to Newcastle racecourse and the 690-mile round trip was rewarded when Philson Run ran out a very game winner of the totesport Eider Chase.

Paddy The Piper extended his winning sequence to five in brave fashion in the Grade Two Tote Exacta Premier Kelso Hurdle at Kelso yesterday, but he will be giving the Cheltenham Festival a miss.

Wilson Renwick faces a spell on the sidelines following a nasty fall at Kelso on Friday.

Sue and Harvey Smith certainly have an eye for a bargain and they completed a double at Kelso today with Royal Emperor and Cill Churnain, who between them cost less than 6,000gns.

There's simply no stopping Tony McCoy.

Martin Pipe and Tony McCoy warmed up for the Cheltenham Festival by landing the Sunderlands Imperial Cup Hurdle with Polar Red at Sandown.