It was a night to remember for apprentice David Simmonson in Dundalk last night as he registered his first win since April 2013 on board top-weight Have A Nice Day in the seven-furlong Crowne Plaza Hotel Race & Stay Handicap. 

Togoville did us a favour at Dundalk two weeks ago and it makes sense to be with him again in the Happy Birthday Anne Hughes Handicap on the polytrack tonight.

Gold Cup hero Leading Light made the perfect return to action in the Palmerstown House Estate Irish St Leger Trial Stakes on another fine afternoon for Aidan O’Brien at the Curragh yesterday.

Grandma Dotty, dashingly ridden by Fran Berry, turned over hot-pot Clondaw Warrior in the Sean Cleary Memorial Handicap in Roscommon last night.

Trainer Paul Deegan has warned Sruthan is likely to improve for the run as he makes his first appearance since May in the Invesco Pension Consultants Desmond Stakes at Leopardstown tonight.

Trainer Sabrina Harty is waiting for drier ground before unleashing highly-rated miler Ansgar in what she hopes will be another profitable campaign.

Sabrina Harty is considering giving Kalann his first run back over jumps since he returned from a long lay-off in Sunday’s stanjames.com Greatwood Hurdle at Cheltenham.

The Tommy Stack-trained Wannabe Better, clearly improving at a rate of knots, created a mild surprise when taking the featured Listed Vincent O’Brien Ruby Stakes at Killarney last night.

Gordon Elliott is hoping Flaxen Flare can make the most of what looks a golden opportunity in the Corkracecourse.ie Hurdle at the Mallow track tomorrow.

Won In The Dark, successful in the race a year ago, can do the business again in the Laurels Bar Hurdle at Killarney tonight.

Racing has continued to be severely affected by the weather and tomorrow’s meeting at Naas is touch and go, but we’re getting plenty excitement today with four Grade 1s at Leopardstown. I don’t have a runner in any of them but am looking forward to them nonetheless.

Paul Gilligan, who has struggled to make an impact for a number of seasons, hit the jackpot at Gowran Park yesterday when Jadanli landed the valuable Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase.

Jadanli prevailed in a tight finish to the Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase to propel trainer Paul Gilligan back into the limelight.

Off the track since finishing unplaced in the Munster National last October, Casey Top captured the featured McSweeney Arms Hotel Handicap Chase in Killarney yesterday.

Tony McCoy will ride Burton Port in the Grade 1 Betfred Bowl at Aintree tomorrow, with Barry Geraghty sticking with Ryanair Chase winner Riverside Theatre.

Big Buck’s will face seven rivals in the BGC Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree on Thursday as he goes in search of an incredible 17th win in a row.

Won In The Dark is the hopeful choice in a fascinating five-runner www.racinghomeforeaster.com Hurdle at Cork this afternoon.

Hurricane Fly features among just six remaining entries for Sunday’s BHP Insurance Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown.

Hurricane Fly features among just six remaining entries for Sunday’s BHP Insurance Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown.

IT was a case of the best wine being reserved until last at the final session of the four-day Tramore festival yesterday as the Pat Hurley-trained newcomer Ambush Angel hinted that she holds a particularly bright future by landing the closing 2012 - Tramore Races Centenary Year Mares Flat Race.

DAVY RUSSELL is the man to have on your side at Cork this afternoon.

ROSE Bonheur arrived fast and late to thwart the flattering Katla in the listed Belgrave Stakes at Fairyhouse yesterday.

JOHN Kiely’s Oneeightofamile made a victorious return to hurdling in the featured Dermot Casey-Hire Sales and Tree Services Hurdle at Cork’s well-attended jumps fixture last night.

ALTHOUGH without a win since February of last year, Won In The Dark stands out in tonight’s Dermot Casey - Hire Sales and Tree Services Hurdle in Mallow.

SABRINA HARTY has found a very suitable opportunity for Won In The Dark in the Motivate Challenge Supported by Failte Ireland Hurdle at Punchestown this evening and the seven-year-old gets the nap.

CAPTAIN PAULIE, disappointing at Wexford previously, was back on track in the Munster Waste Management Handicap Hurdle at a packed Cork yesterday.

GLENCOVE MARINA came back to something approaching his best form when landing the Listed Thurles Chase at the Tipperary track yesterday.

MOON DICE, trained by Paul Flynn and having a first outing since finishing down the field behind Where’s The Dosh at Navan back in December, landed a gamble in the Ladies’ Day 10th October Maiden Hurdle at sun-drenched Limerick last night.

THE classy Famous Name can prove too strong for Steinbeck in the Group 3 Jockey Club Of Turkey Stakes at Leopardstown tonight.

MOONLIT Garden can land the Listed Danehill Dancer Stakes at Tipperary tomorrow.

OUT of luck on sixth-placed Akdarena in the Investec Oaks at Epsom, Kevin Manning’s dash to the Curragh last night proved worthwhile when Irish Derby-bound Carraiglawn landed the listed Silver Stakes.

GER LYONS, whose horses are now threatening to hit top gear, was on the mark at Cork last night when Rain Delayed took the featured Listed Cork Stakes over six furlongs.

GO NATIVE will face 11 rivals as he bids to secure a £1m bonus in tomorrow’s Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.

By Ashley Iveson, Press Association Sport

RITE Of Passage hardened as favourite for the Neptune Investments Novice Hurdle at Cheltenham after recording what his trainer Dermot Weld described as a “satisfactory” win in the Book Your Festival Tickets Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday.

Last season’s Champion Hurdle third Binocular heads a field of seven declared for Saturday’s WBX.COM Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle.

SHREYAS pipped the fast-finishing Fiery Lad in the listed Nijinsky Stakes at Leopardstown last night.

SIZING Europe will attempt to end the campaign on a high in the Rabobank Champion Hurdle at Punchestown today.

Punjabi bids to follow in the illustrious hoofprints of Istabraq and Hardy Eustace by completing the Cheltenham/Punchestown Champion Hurdle double tomorrow.

Sabrina Harty has her fingers crossed the ground at Cheltenham will be more suitable for Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle contender Won In The Dark than it was 12 months ago.

Won In The Dark is unlikely to take up his entry in the Red Mills Trial Hurdle at Gowran on Sunday.

Won In The Dark could go for the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle without another run if the ground at Leopardstown is unsuitable.

SUBLIMITY, the Champion Hurdle winner of 2007, showed he is far from a back number when landing the Grade 1 Golf Centre December Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown yesterday.

Robbie Hennessy saddled his first ever winner as 2007 Champion Hurdle victor Sublimity saw off a battle-hardened field in the Grade One Leopardstown Golf Centre December Festival Hurdle today.