Leading French jockey Jacques Ricou will arrive in Ireland for the first time later this week after signing up for a winter stint riding out for Willie Mullins.

Labelthou made just about all the running to land the Grade Two Casino 36 Stockport Rendlesham Hurdle at Haydock.

HENRIETTA KNIGHT has reported Best Mate “60 per cent likely” to go for the Pertemps King George VI Chase at Kempton on St Stephen's Day.

TODAY’S the day of reckoning for Michael Hourigan and Ireland’s Gold Cup hope Beef or Salmon but I have to say I don’t think this will be his year.

French trainer Guillaume Macaire was ultra-critical of jockey Jaques Ricou’s riding of unplaced Jair Du Cochet in the Bonusprint Stayers’ Hurdle landed by Baracouda at Cheltenham.