YES: Slick jumping and endless stamina can see Mullins hope home and hosed, argues Darren Norris

Leading RSA Chase contender More Of That is to sidestep the Betfred TV Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase at Sandown on Saturday with regular rider Barry Geraghty on duty in Ireland.

A potentially eventful morning as I’m due to be in Naas but, should that fall to the frost, I could be heading for Warwick, provided, of course, Willie Mullins wants me to do that.

Our expert racing columnist Ruby Walsh picks his 10 horses to watch for 2016.

Navan is not where I expected to be this afternoon, but I suppose it was better to find out early in the week at home that Un De Sceaux was a bit flat than when leaving the Railway Fences and wondering why he wasn’t picking up going to the Pond Fence.

I have a day off today, but there is National Hunt racing at Wexford and Willie’s only runner is Pont De Alma, in the bumper.

Cheltenham Gold Cup fourth Holywell is on course for the Betfred Bowl at Aintree on April 9.

Willie Mullins is in bullish mood as Douvan bids to get the Cheltenham Festival off to a perfect start for the Irish in today’s Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle.

Foxrock’s addition to the Ryanair Chase field sees 19 horses stand their ground for next Thursday’s Grade One at Cheltenham.

Boston Bob and On His Own are both in line to represent Willie Mullins in the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown as the champion trainer bids to win one of the Festive period’s biggest prizes for the first time.

I have five rides at Navan tomorrow but just a couple this afternoon at Tramore.

Willie Mullins appears to hold most of the aces in the Navan Novice Hurdle on Sunday, with Shaneshill, Outlander, Killultagh Vic and Killer Crow among the 12 entries.

Noel Meade hopes to run Galway Plate winner Road To Riches in the JNwine.com Champion Chase at Down Royal on November 1.

Champion trainer Willie Mullins believes he has his strongest ever team with which to go to war with this season – a statement which will no doubt fill his contemporaries with dread.

To start with, two pieces of good news.

Faugheen is the latest Willie Mullins-trained youngster to put his huge reputation on the line in the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham today.

Exciting chasing prospects Defy Logic and Don Cossack should make a successful start to their careers over the larger obstacles in Naas and Galway respectively today.

Hurricane Fly joined Kauto Star as a 16-times Grade 1 winner when cruising to victory for Ruby Walsh in the Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown last evening.

Un Atout was made to pull out all of the stops to justify odds-on favouritism in the Tattersalls Ireland Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown.

Today is all about one of my favourite horses, Hurricane Fly, in the Rabobank Champion Hurdle.

Hurricane Fly is impossible to oppose, as he seeks four in-a-row in the Grade 1 Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown tonight.

It really is the calm before the storm for me this weekend.

It really was the proverbial white-knuckle ride. Monday, at around 4.45pm, we landed at Birmingham Airport to be greeted by snow cascading from a grim sky. More of the white stuff accompanied us as we made our way up to Cheltenham.

The New One showed heart and class in equal measure to win the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

While racing wasn’t confirmed when I travelled over yesterday morning, we were fairly sure that it would go ahead.

Willie Mullins believes Pont Alexandre “seems to have everything” ahead of his highly-anticipated run in the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle (2.05) at Cheltenham.

IT WAS only when the last race ended and the snaking columns of car lights began to illuminate the roads out of Prestbury Park and up towards Cleeve Hill that realisation dawned that we get to do it all again today.

Last Tuesday you had to wonder whether Hurricane Fly continued to be blessed with four legs.

Mouse Morris insists it is “50-50” whether First Lieutenant contests the Ryanair Chase or the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup at next week’s Festival.

Willie Mullins reports Hurricane Fly to be in fine form following his impressive Irish Champion Hurdle victory.

It’s looking good for Sandown today, after the meeting passed a second inspection yesterday afternoon.

Willie Mullins is currently dominating Irish National Hunt racing in a manner not seen since the days of the late Tom Dreaper.

Connections of Zuzka have yet to make any firm plans for the rest of the season following her odds-on reverse at Leopardstown last weekend.

Willie Mullins’ French recruit, Pont Alexandere, who looked a bit special when scoring on his Irish debut at Navan, was even more impressive in the Grade 2 Synergy Security Solutions Novice Hurdle.

A week ago I said here that the only way Sanctuaire could beat Sprinter Sacre in the Victor Chandler at Ascot, which was postponed and subsequently rescheduled to Cheltenham this afternoon, was if Nicky Henderson’s headman forgot to load their horse into the box.

It will be a major surprise should Hurricane Fly fail to cement his place near the top of the Champion Hurdle market in the BHP Insurance-sponsored Irish equivalent at Leopardstown tomorrow.

Paul Nicholls’ Lexus hero Tidal Bay is one of the 16 entries in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown on February 9.

Navan last Sunday was most educational, with the performances of Don Cossack and Boston Bob particularly significant.

Davy Russell suffered no lasting damage at Navan on Sunday after partnering three successive fallers.

On a day when his son Patrick equalled the amateur record on Union Dues in the bumper, Willie Mullins unleashed another potential star, Pont Alexandre to make an impressive Irish debut in the Grade 1 Navan Novice Hurdle in Navan yesterday.