A run in the John Smith’s Grand National seems unlikely for Denman unless something goes wrong in his pursuit of back-to-back Cheltenham Gold Cups.

Last year’s winner Our Vic is among a 48-strong entry for the Ryanair Chase at Cheltenham on March 12.

Liam Burke is ready to let Thyne Again take on the big boys in the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown next month following his impressive seasonal reappearance.

THYNE AGAIN should get his season off to a winning start in the Woodlands Park 100 Poplar Square Chase at Naas today.

Thyne Again is set to start his campaign in the Woodlands Park 100 Club Poplar Square Chase at Naas on Sunday.

THE Philip Rothwell-trained Jamies Choice continued his remarkable rate of progress when landing the featured Alchemy Properties Handicap Chase at Cork yesterday.

BARRY GERAGHTY has been passed fit to ride former Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kicking King in The Star “Best For Racing Coverage” Chase at Punchestown tomorrow.

CASEY JONES could prove the best bet, on what looks a very difficult card, in the Stoneyford Beginners Chase at Gowran Park this afternoon.

THE teak-tough Blazing Bailey dug deep to win the ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday giving trainer, Alan King, his first ever winner at the Festival.

DENIS O’REGAN will be looking to continue his recent run of big-race success when he gets the leg-up on Priests Leap in the Powers Whiskey Irish Grand National on Monday.

SOMEONE who will go nameless for the moment told us Khyber Kim couldn’t be beaten in the Cheltenham opener.

CHAMPION trainer Paul Nicholls is full of confidence ahead of Noland’s assault on the Irish Independent Arkle Trophy at Cheltenham this afternoon.

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Willie Mullins’ J’y Vole had her winning run brought to an abrupt end in the Woodlands Park 100 Nas Na Riogh Chase at Naas as Liam Burke’s Thyne Again ran out an emphatic winner.

Maralan has got his colourful trainer Oliver Brady dreaming of the Cheltenham Festival after a second success inside seven days at Naas.

DRUMCONVIS is hard to oppose in the Family Fun At Easter Novice Handicap Hurdle at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

CAILIN ALAINN is set to return to the track this weekend in the Byrne Group PLC Tied Cottage Chase at Punchestown.

LIAM BURKE, one of the gentlemen of Irish racing, enjoyed his first ever Grade 1 success when Thyne Again landed the Baileys’ Arkle Cup at Leopardstown yesterday, writes Pat Keane.

Liam Burke sent out his first Grade One winner as Thyne Again proved a cut above his five rivals in the Baileys Arkle Perpetual Challenge Cup Novice Chase at Leopardstown.

THERE is a possibility of a somewhat truncated programme at Cork this afternoon, with racing subject to a 7.30 a.m inspection.

THE improving Breaking Silence has real possibilities of completing a hat-trick in the James and Helen Hannon Memorial Handicap Chase at Naas this afternoon.

Cailin Alainn produced a decent turn of foot to lift the Grade Three Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund (Mares) Novice Hurdle Championship Final at Fairyhouse.

THE Liam Burke trained Thyne Again can shrug off top weight in the www.gowranpark.ie Novice Hurdle at Gowran Park this evening.

PAUL NOLAN'S The Roney Man, winner of two point-to-points, can enjoy a first success on the racecourse in the second division of the Irish Stallion Farms' EBF Maiden Hurdle at Clonmel today.

Iktitaf, one of a number of Supreme Novices’ Hurdle hopes for Noel Meade, heads a list of nine entries in the Grade Two Byrne Group Plc Novice Hurdle at Punchestown on Sunday.

JOHN MURPHY enjoyed the biggest success of his seven-year training career when Newmill won the Grade Two MacLochlainn Road Markings Ltd Kinloch Brae 'Chase at Thurles yesterday.

TOM TAAFFE, who broke the news earlier in the day that Kicking King would miss the Cheltenham Gold Cup, had a modicum of compensation when In The High Grass won the Kanturk Maiden Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

Henry Daly was pleased with the work of his Cheltenham Festival hopes at Bangor today.