HARDY Eustace will face a maximum of 14 rivals in the BGC Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot on Saturday.

Tom Hogan will bring an interesting pair of Irish raiders to Chepstow on Saturday.

Nintytwo Team made a mockery of being 20lb wrong at the weights to claim the spoils in the €55,000 Freshways Handicap Hurdle at Galway today.

NICKY HENDERSON’S Punjabi, who had a rear view of the ultra-smart Katchit at Cheltenham and Aintree, enjoyed his own day in the sun when taking the Grade 1 Ballymore Properties Champion four-year-old Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday, writes Pat Keane.

KATIE WALSH enjoyed her first success over flights when guiding Parrot Cay, trained by her father, Ted, to win the Cashel Maiden Hurdle in very testing conditions at Thurles yesterday.

DENIS O'REGAN, fresh from a career-best success on Ansar in the Galway Plate, landed another major pot at Listowel yesterday when partnering Kilbeggan Lad to a smooth victory in the Guinness Handicap Hurdle.

TWO Irish meetings this evening house no less than 16 races between them and certainly selectivity is the key word for anyone hoping to make a profit.

Kentucky Charm (4-1) became the first horse to win twice at this year’s Galway festival when capturing the Dawn Milk Handicap Hurdle this afternoon.