The stage is set for Kauto Star and Long Run to clash again in the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup on March 16.

DAVID PIPE is intending to run Great Endeavour in the Spinal Research The Atlantic 4 Gold Cup at Cheltenham this weekend.

David Pipe is intending to run Great Endeavour in the Spinal Research The Atlantic 4 Gold Cup at Cheltenham this weekend.

ANDY STEWART’S Poquelin will have to shrug off the burden of 11st 12lb if he is to provide his owner with victory in his own race, the Spinal Research The Atlantic 4 Gold Cup at Cheltenham on December 10.

MON Parrain is all the rage for this afternoon's Paddy Power Gold Cup Chase at Cheltenham and it's very easy to see why.

Champion trainer Paul Nicholls believes Mon Parrain could be the right horse to finally fill a glaring omission from his glittering CV in Saturday’s Paddy Power Gold Cup.

Philip Hobbs has given his clearest indication yet that Wishfull Thinking will be allowed to take his chance in Saturday’s Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham.

HENRY de Bromhead’s Loosen My Load is on target for the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday and the trainer feels he will benefit from stepping back up in distance.

PAUL Nicholls believes Mon Parrain has to improve to break the champion trainer’s Paddy Power Gold Cup hoodoo.

Top-weight Poquelin heads the 32 five-day acceptors for Saturday’s Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham.

WILLIAMS believes his charge is in prime condition, even though he has not been seen since winning last year’s Hennessy at Newbury.

I SUPPOSE people were probably a little surprised I returned to action in Britain yesterday, taking one ride at Wetherby.

Ruby Walsh reaffirmed his opposition to the new whip rules today after making a winning return to British race-riding at Wetherby.

RUBY WALSH makes his first return to race-riding in Britain since being suspended under the new whip rules at Aintree when he heads to Wetherby for one mount today.

MIDNIGHT Chase is set to bypass Saturday’s bet365 Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby in favour of a trip to Ireland the following week.

JOCKEY Sam Thomas would not swap Nacarat for any other horse in Saturday’s bet365 Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby.

RUBY WALSH will not return to Britain until next Saturday at the earliest, following a five-day ban incurred for using his whip with excessive frequency aboard Edgardo Sol in a handicap chase at Aintree on Saturday.

PEDDLERS CROSS and Binocular feature among a fascinating list of 13 entries for Saturday’s John Smith’s Aintree Hurdle.

IT’S a bit like waiting for a bus, you wait all day and then a couple come along together.

Albertas Run recorded back-to-back victories in the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham under a gallant Tony McCoy.

I’LL be disappointed, very disappointed, if Big Buck’s fails to deliver in the World Hurdle today. He is a really, really good horse, one of the best I have ever sat on, and, essentially, I consider him bombproof.

Paul Nicholls believes he has an excellent opportunity to claim an elusive success in the Grade One Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham today.

On more than one occasion here I’ve said that racing can bring you through the full range of emotions and yesterday was another illustration of that for us.

THE first three home in the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham last year — Albertas Run, Poquelin and J’y Vole — are set to lock horns in the race again tomorrow.

The first three home in the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham last year - Albertas Run, Poquelin and J'y Vole - are set to lock horns in the race again on Thursday.

PAUL NICHOLLS, top trainer at the meeting in five of the last seven years and with 27 festival winners to his credit, demands the utmost respect at Cheltenham this week.

Voy Por Ustedes is a fascinating supplementary entry for the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham on Thursday.

PAUL NICHOLLS is hopeful a breathing operation will help Denman produce a better finishing effort when he goes for further Cheltenham Gold Cup glory next month.

Paul Nicholls is hopeful a breathing operation will help Denman produce a better finishing effort when he goes for further Cheltenham Gold Cup glory next month.

BIG BUCK’S and Grands Crus remain on course for a mouthwatering clash in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle after their names appeared among 34 remaining entries following the latest forfeit stage.

Albertas Run could bid to became the first dual winner of the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham in March.

Poquelin created a little piece of history by winning the Vote AP Gold Cup at Cheltenham for the second consecutive year.

JONJO O’Neill’s Grand National hero Don’t Push It makes his first appearance since his Aintree heroics in the CITIPOST Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham today.

Master Minded features among 10 declared runners in the Keith Prowse Hospitality Tingle Creek Chase at Cheltenham on Saturday.

SOMERSBY is on course to take his chance in the rearranged Keith Prowse Hospitality Tingle Creek Chase at Cheltenham on Saturday.

LAST year’s winner Poquelin heads 18 five-day entries for the Vote AP Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday.

I’M just about coming to terms now with what happened at Down Royal last Saturday, it was certainly an afternoon of mixed fortune and mixed emotion.

IRISH interest in tomorrow’s Paddy Power Gold Cup is led by the JP McManus-owned duo of Finger Onthe Pulse, trained by Tom Taaffe and Dancing Tornado, trained by Michael Hourigan.

Long Run will face 19 rivals as he bids to get his season off to a winning start in Saturday’s Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham.

EDWARD O’GRADY’S Tranquil Sea can provide the solution to the Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase at Clonmel this afternoon.

TOM TAAFFE has reported Finger Onthe Pulse on target for the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday.

ANDREW Lynch is confident a lack of stamina will not be an issue when Sizing Europe pits his wits against Kauto Star at Down Royal on Saturday.