There was an extraordinary reaction from the public to yesterday’s meeting at Limerick, held to boost the Emergency Jockeys’ Fund and the stricken John Thomas McNamara and Jonjo Bright.

Tony McCoy made the most of his spare ride on Mischievous Milly to take the feature totepool.com Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle in tough conditions at Taunton yesterday.

LESS than a year ago, prior to Cheltenham, Paul Nicholls was in Cork for a Festival preview night at Fermoy.

PAUL NICHOLLS has warned Denman’s opponents that the former Cheltenham Gold Cup winner is “full of enthusiasm” ahead of his bid for a record third victory in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury on Saturday.

PAUL HANAGAN kept up his relentless pursuit of the British jockeys’ championship with a 50-1 double at Nottingham yesterday. However, his main rival, Richard Hughes kept pace with two winners of his own, one at Nottingham and another at Kempton’s evening meeting.

The race for the conditional jockeys’ championship is going down to the wire.

Taranis introduced himself as a potential dark horse in Paul Nicholls’ apparently unassailable defence of the Cheltenham Gold Cup by making a successful return from serious injury in the Argento Chase.

Andy Turnell is hoping Bible Lord can give his stable a much-needed boost with a good run in Saturday's Boylesports.com Gold Cup at Cheltenham.

Oscar Bay looked a horse with Aintree potential as he sparked a big-priced Stratford double for jockey Seamus Durack.

Iris De Balme could bid for a speedy big-race double next week after his shock Coral Scottish Grand National victory.