THE Dessie Hughes-trained Quiet Word proved the equine star of last night’s action in sun-drenched Ballinrobe, the Bryan Cooper-ridden gelding scoring a smooth success over Lend A Hand Son in the Irish Stallion Farms Novice Hurdle.

THE Grade 1 Paddy Power Champion Bumper produced a particularly smart winner in Dermot Weld’s four-year-old, Hidden Universe, writes Pat Keane

I have little hesitation siding with Denman in the Guinness Gold Cup at Punchestown today.

TAKE a chance on Cooldine turning-over Denman in the Guinness Gold Cup at Punchestown this evening.

ARGUABLY the most impressive winner of the three days at Killarney came last night when Charles Byrnes’ Solwhit toyed with the opposition in the Racegoers’ Club Race.

THE ex-French horse Quevega is napped to beat the progressive Mourne Rambler in the Duggan Profiles Novice Hurdle at Gowran Park this evening.

SIVOTA, successful on the flat when trained in England by Tom Tate, can land the nap in the Visit www.punchestown.com Maiden Hurdle at Punchestown this afternoon.