It’s TheTote.com Galway Hurdle day in Ballybrit and Tigris River looks the value option to land the €177,000 winner’s prize in the feature.

This afternoon’s action at Navan looks quite difficult for punters, but Refused A Name appeals as having been brought to a peak in a bid for a second victory in the Charlie Lowry Memorial Handicap Chase, and rates a good value bet for punters.

Hidden Cyclone is set for a swift return to action in the rescheduled Kerry Group Hilly Way Chase at Cork on Sunday.

Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up Djakadam and Grade One-winning novice Valseur Lido form a formidable twin assault for Willie Mullins on the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase on Sunday.

Naas hosts today’s horse racing action and Macbride can overcome an absence by taking the opening Welcome To Toomevara GAA Raceday Maiden Hurdle for Aidan O’Brien.

An otherwise run-of-the-mill meeting produced a very special moment at Tramore Racecourse last night as jockey Andrew McNamara, one of the true gentlemen of the weigh-room, bowed out aboard a winner on his final ride in the saddle.

Gordon Elliott is confident Don Cossack can cap his fantastic season by clinching gold in the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham today.

He may have a fair way to go to be in the Willie Mullins league, but Gordon Elliott is getting there - and quickly writes Pat Keane.

Apparently struggling before the third last and under pressure after the next, Taglietelle came through strongly to collar front-running, odds-on favourite Orgilgo Bay at the final flight in the Follow Us On Twitter And Facebook Rated Hurdle, before forging clear to slam Art Of Payroll by five and a half lengths at Punchestown yesterday.

Aidan O’Brien saddled his seventeenth winner of the National Hunt campaign when Egyptian Warrior landed the opening novice hurdle at Clonmel yesterday.

One of the more interesting horses in training right now is Willie Mullins’ Clondaw Warrrior.

Trainer Tony Martin believes the drying conditions will play to the strengths of Benefficient in today’s Ryanair Chase (2.40) at Cheltenham.

Trainer Shark Hanlon is eyeing Ascot compensation with Hidden Cyclone after his appeal against the result of the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase was dismissed.

Trainer Shark Hanlon plans to appeal against the result of yesterday’s Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown after Hidden Cyclone was narrowly denied by Benefficient.

Sizing Europe is on course to defend his crown in the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown on December 27.

Johns Spirit provided Richie McLernon with the biggest success of his career by gamely clinging on to win the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham.

We learned plenty at the Curragh last Sunday.

What a wizard this Michael Winters is! A year ago he produced Rebel Fitz to land the Guinness Galway Hurdle and returned to Ballybrit yesterday to win the race again, this time with the cracking mare Missunited.

Leading bumper horse Champagne Fever is one of seven remaining entries in the Bar One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

Tom Cooper believes testing conditions were to blame for Forpadydeplasterer’s disappointing performance in last weekend’s Paddy Power Gold Cup.

The hopeful nap vote falls on Tellherimnothere in the June 16th and 22nd Twilight Racing Maiden Hurdle on a difficult to solve and less than inspiring card at Limerick this afternoon.

Last year’s Aintree hero Ballabriggs features among the 82 entries for the John Smith’s Grand National on April 14.

Shark Hanlon expects Alfa Beat to be his first runner in the John Smith’s Grand National.

This weekend is all about the return of Hurricane Fly, who will attempt to tighten his grip on the Champion Hurdle market in the BHP Insurance-sponsored Irish version at Leopardstown tomorrow.

Tony Martin’s Dedigout puts his unbeaten record over timber on the line in the Slaney Novice Hurdle at Naas tomorrow.

HIDDEN CYCLONE will step up in class after making a winning debut over fences last week.

Classy filly Unaccompanied showed the boys the way home with an impressive performance in the Istabraq Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown.

ALFA BEAT, successful in the race a year earlier, did the business again when storming to victory in yesterday’s Guinness Kerry National at Listowel.

DAVID MARNANE continued his excellent run when Syannn popped up at 14-1 in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Handicap at Killarney last night.

“THEY have done a fantastic job with the watering,” said Frank Berry, racing manager to JP McManus, after the owner’s Abbey Glen had swooped late to grab the John J Galvin Handicap Hurdle at Listowel yesterday.

THE very consistent Coscorrig can keep the Dessie Hughes/Bryan Cooper bandwagon rolling along in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Mares Chase at Cork tonight.

THE strength of Davy Russell was the decisive factor in the success of Crash in the Cashel Maiden Hurdle at Thurles yesterday.

THE progressive Noel Meade trained Realt Dubh dug deep to land the Frank Ward Solicitors’ Arkle Novice Chase at Leopardstown yesterday.

Hurricane Fly gave trainer Willie Mullins his first BHP Insurances Irish Champion Hurdle success when boosting his Cheltenham prospects at Leopardstown.

Hurricane Fly confirmed authority over his old rival Solwhit with an effortless victory in the paddypower.com iPhone App Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown.

Tony McCoy brilliantly recorded his first victory in the www.thetote.com Galway Plate with a gutsy success aboard Finger Onthe Pulse.

JADANLI provided Co Galway trainer Paul Gilligan and jockey Andrew Lynch with further big-race success when proving a 25/1 shocker in the Grade 1 Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse yesterday.