It is time for all the talking to stop and the action to begin and as this week is all about winners, there appears to be no reason to desert Hurricane Fly in the Stan James Champion Hurdle.

Noble Prince is pleasing trainer Paul Nolan ahead of Cheltenham’s Ryanair Chase following a successful breathing operation.

LAST year’s winner Hello Bud (above) is one of 26 entries for the Betfred Becher Chase at Aintree on Saturday.

UNCLE Junior (9-2) prevented what would have undoubtedly been the most popular result of the afternoon by beating Garde Champetre in the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase at Cheltenham yesterday.

AS I’m sure you are aware, I lost my appeal in London on Thursday morning against a five-day whip ban incurred at Aintree.

PAUL CARBERRY produced a typically confident ride as Muirhead captured a dramatic Ladbrokes.com Munster National at Limerick yesterday.

Royal Reveille landed the odds in some style to make it four wins from five starts in the Greenmount Park Novice Hurdle at Limerick.

IT’S terrific to be back in full flow now and I’m very much looking forward to riding Blazing Tempo in the Kerry National at Listowel today.

RUBY WALSH is set to make a dramatic return to racing at the Listowel festival, which starts this coming Sunday.

THE Cathal Ryan Memorial Champion Novice Hurdle, the second Grade 1 on the card at Punchestown last night, was billed as a match between First Lieutenant and So Young.

I have to say that today is my strongest book of rides for the week and it will be more than disappointing should I walk out of Punchestown tonight without a winner.

RUBY WALSH, out of luck on The Midnight Club in the National at Aintree on Saturday, journeyed to Tramore yesterday for just one ride, Uncle Junior in the Waterford and Tramore Disrectors’ Chase, and it duly obliged.

THERE was no fairytale return for me at Newbury yesterday when Don’t Turn Bach finished well behind in a handicap hurdle.

UNCLE Junior should get off the mark over fences, at the age of nine, in the Irish Stallion Farms Beginners Chase at Thurles today.

PARSONS PISTOL gets the nap to make a winning debut over fences in the Kevin McManus Beginners Chase at Listowel this afternoon.

Blazing Bailey features among the 17 horses still in the Ladbrokes.com World Series Hurdle at Punchestown on Thursday.

OUR BEN, who once promised a lot more than he delivered, is now getting his act together and could hardly have been more impressive in the Grade 2 O’Connell Logistics Hilly Way Chase at Cork yesterday.

Our Ben finally landed a long-awaited Graded success over fences as he lifted the O’Connell Logistics Hilly Way Chase at Cork.

WILLIE MULLINS’ Our Ben got back on the winning trail when outstaying long-absent Afistfullofdollars in the Glen Chase at Thurles yesterday.

MOSSBANK, so impressive when winning the Munster National at Limerick, stepped up in class in spectacular fashion to land the Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase at Clonmel yesterday.

JUSTIFIED, despite continuing reservations about him travelling right-handed, is the choice in the Grade 2 Clonmel Oil Chase at Clonmel this afternoon.

SEVEN Disciples should prove hard to beat in the Ladbrokes Maiden Hurdle at Downpatrick this afternoon.

TOM TAAFFE’S Emotional Article can provide the solution to the Bulmers’ Summer Sundays Novice Chase at Limerick tomorrow.