Alison Thorpe feels there is still plenty of improvement in Diktalina after she produced an impressive performance to land the Saga Personal Finance Juvenile Maiden Hurdle at Folkestone.

Countrywide Comet can light up the evening at Wolverhampton by landing a hat-trick in the Ringside Nursery.

HARDY EUSTACE heads a quality field of 12 in the Scottish And Newcastle Aintree Hurdle tomorrow.

Hardy Eustace heads a quality field of 12 in the Scottish And Newcastle Aintree Hurdle on Saturday.

Seamus Mullins expects to be three-handed in the £50,000 (€73,000) John Smith’s/EBF Mares’ Only ‘National Hunt’ Novices’ Hurdle Final at Newbury on Saturday.

See You Sometime could bypass a run at the Cheltenham Festival, despite recording the biggest success of his career in the HBLB Cotswold Chase at Wincanton on Friday.

SEE YOU SOMETIME posted one of the big-race shocks of the season so far with an 18-1 success in the Grade Two HBLB Cotswold Chase at Wincanton.

See You Sometime posted one of the big-race shocks of the season so far with an 18-1 success in the Grade Two HBLB Cotswold Chase at Wincanton.

Philip Hobbs believes One Knight has a “decent” chance of making a triumphant return to Wincanton, the scene of his debut bumper success in November 2000.

See You Sometime will return to Windsor, the scene of his biggest success over fences, for the Blue Square Speed Dial 64555 Chase on Saturday.

“Faugh-A-Ballagh”

Baracouda was the major star on show at the weekend and he did not disappoint his legion of fans with a battling display to win a thrilling Long Walk Hurdle at Windsor.

Seamus Mullins has his string in top form and the Salisbury-based trainer is keeping his fingers crossed that tomorrow’s meeting at Sandown beats the weather after his big-race hopes were given a boost by Kentford Fern’s success at wintry Southwell.