Willie Mullins is excited to see Un De Sceaux test his powers at the highest level for the first time in what promises to be a thrilling Frank Ward Solicitors Arkle Novice Chase at Leopardstown tomorrow.

Vautour got his fencing career back on track with a facile success in the Leopardstown Killiney Novice Chase at the Dublin course.

Gigginstown Stud and Bryan Cooper completed a Grade One double when Valseur Lido emerged an emphatic winner of the Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase at Fairyhouse yesterday.

Sandra Hughes gained an emotional first Grade One triumph just two weeks after the death of her father Dessie when Lieutenant Colonel won a dramatic Bar One Racing Hatton’s Grace Hurdle at Fairyhouse.

The Punchestown festival will see the end of the National Hunt season in the dying days of this month and into early May.

Paul Townend was the star of the show at Cork yesterday, landing a spectacular four-timer.