Champagne Fever got back on track with a smooth victory in the Red Mills Chase at Gowran on Saturday.

Champagne Fever bids to bounce back from the first fall of his career when taking on four rivals in the Red Mills Chase at Gowran today. 

Willie Mullins’ Champagne Fever is fancied to turn over Don Cossack in the Grade 2 Ladbrokes’ Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles this afternoon, should the meeting survive an 8am inspection.

Gordon Elliott will consider letting stable star Don Cossack turn out for next week’s Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles.

Don Cossack maintained his unbeaten record this season with a third victory from as many starts in a dramatic renewal of the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase.

Noel Meade’s Texas Jack beat Baily Green to land the Grade 2 Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles yesterday, but it was the third horse, Last Instalment, that was the real eye-catcher.

The progressive Willie Mullins-trained Arvika Ligeonniere was far too good for his five rivals in the Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase at Clonmel yesterday.

Monksland is unlikely to run again this season with trainer Noel Meade inclined to bypass an appearance at the Punchestown Festival.

The ground is continuing to dry and I am delighted with that for both Jetson and Bostons Angel.

Racing has continued to be severely affected by the weather and tomorrow’s meeting at Naas is touch and go, but we’re getting plenty excitement today with four Grade 1s at Leopardstown. I don’t have a runner in any of them but am looking forward to them nonetheless.

Texas Jack is unlikely to run at the Cheltenham Festival despite his win in a Grade Two novice chase at Leopardstown on Saturday.

Boston Bob could put his RSA Chase credentials on the line in the Boylesports.com Novice Chase at Leopardstown on Saturday.

Last year’s Grand National third Seabass will make his seasonal re-appearance in the Irish Hennessy at Leopardstown on February 9, rather than defend his crown in the Leopardstown Handicap Chase on Saturday.

I was delighted with Bostons Angel finishing second in the cross-country chase at Cheltenham yesterday.

Thurles today is set to house a rather unique card, comprising six chases, should the meeting survive an 8am inspection due to the threat of frost.

Johannisberger will be expected to continue Paul Carberry’s rich vein of form in the opening Sunday 15th July Family Day Maiden Hurdle in Sligo tonight.

Johannisberger gets the nap to overcome an absence of almost a year in the Bumper at Cork tonight.

ALTHOUGH Irish Examiner columnist Ruby Walsh is not convinced of the credentials of Aiteen Thirtythree in this afternoon’s Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury, it has the look of a real plot by trainer Paul Nicholls.

TRANQUIL SEA, winner of the race a year earlier, duly outclassed his three rivals in the Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase at Clonmel yesterday.

THE race-fit Tharawaat is the choice in the Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase at the Co Tipperary track this afternoon.

REIZOVIC should make a winning start to his hurdling career in the New Tote Sports Lounge Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse today.