There is an all national hunt card down for decision at Punchestown today and with the ground remaining on the fast side due to the current dry spell, the fields are pretty small with the exception of the concluding bumper.

PAT VERLING’S fine money-spinner Sabadilla won his third race, from four runs, when streaking away with the Braddisah Builders’ Handicap Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

CHAMPION jockey Pat Smullen, fresh from a terrific weekend at the Curragh, wasted no time getting among the winners at Killarney yesterday when booting Dermot Weld’s Turn Of Phrase to victory in the opening Boylesports’ Handicap.