Bryan Cooper got off to a flyer as the new first jockey to Gigginstown House Stud when guiding Gordon Elliott’s Toner D’Oudairies to victory in the Racecourse Supporters’ Club Chase at Thurles yesterday.

Sizing Europe claimed his third win of the season and his seventh Grade One victory in all with another fine display in the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown.

China Rock faces a spell on the sidelines after a setback ruled him out of an intended run at Gowran Park last weekend.

Sizing Europe defied the gruelling conditions as he pulled out all the stops to land the Boylesports.com Champion Chase at Punchestown.

I think I’ll win the Betfair Chase at Ascot this afternoon on Kauto Stone.

SIZING Europe proved himself on course for the defence of his two-mile crown at Cheltenham next month when slamming arch-rival Big Zeb in the Grade 2 Boylesports.com Tied Cottage Chase at Punchestown yesterday.

YESTERDAY wasn’t one of my better days. I had no luck with a couple of rides at Sandown, which was on the back of news breaking that Tataniano, my intended mount in today’s Tingle Creek, had suffered an injury and is out for the rest of the season.

THREE years ago Sizing Europe started favourite for the Champion Hurdle and looked all over a winner going down to the second last.

PUNCHESTOWN will host a top quality seven-race card this Sunday, featuring the Grade 2 Boylesports.com Chase.

Sizing Europe will miss the rearranged William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton on Saturday.

ANDREW Lynch is confident a lack of stamina will not be an issue when Sizing Europe pits his wits against Kauto Star at Down Royal on Saturday.

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

Sizing Europe ignored the quite atrocious conditions at Cheltenham to give Henry de Bromhead his finest training moment in the Greatwood Handicap Hurdle.