BETTING opportunities look thin on the ground at Down Royal this afternoon, but one who can oblige is Naples in the Festival Of Racing Hurdle.

OH SO LIVELY, winner of the race last year, did the business again in the David O'Meara and Sons Handicap Chase at Cork yesterday.

GENERAL MONTCALM gets the nap to land an interesting Dolphin Club Hunters Chase at Wexford this evening.

Barry Geraghty, odds-on favourite to be leading jockey at the Punchestown Festival, stepped up his challenge for the title by taking today’s opening Lemongrass Restaurants Handicap Hurdle on Willie The Shoe.