SINCE I began riding, I have never missed a Punchestown Festival through injury.

Colm Murphy will be hoping for a change of fortune for Zaarito in tomorrow’s Growise Champion Novice Chase at the Punchestown Festival.

JADANLI provided Co Galway trainer Paul Gilligan and jockey Andrew Lynch with further big-race success when proving a 25/1 shocker in the Grade 1 Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse yesterday.

Jadanli won a dramatic race for the Grade One Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse to give his Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer Paul Gilligan another mighty success.

TONY MARTIN fears conditions at Fairyhouse may end up being too testing for Saddlers Storm in the Powers Whiskey Irish Grand National on Monday.

DESSIE HUGHES believes Deal Done will be up to the task as he steps up to Grade One company for the first time in tomorrow's Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse.

A RIGHT bit of fun organising to get to Haydock for my solitary ride this afternoon. (My sister and agent) Jennifer was wondering why she was struggling to get me into Manchester until it dawned that there’s a pretty important Premier League game at Old Trafford at lunchtime (I’ll take the draw for United by the way, more than happy with a point).

SWEET MY LORD should help fund punters’ Easter weekend by landing the opening Buttevant Maiden Hurdle at Cork.

COLM Murphy’s Zaarito could face up to 14 rivals in the Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

BETTER TIMES can help us top up the Cheltenham tank by landing the nap in the Great Oak Maiden Hurdle at Gowran Park this afternoon.

COLM Murphy is keeping his fingers crossed Zaarito can bounce back to form in the Naas Directors Plate Novice Chase at Naas on Sunday.

THE public relations merchants for the ante-post firms have been on overdrive this week, letting us know about the sustained gamble on Cooldine for Sunday’s Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown.

An Cathaoir Mor, trained by Henry de Bromhead and ridden by David Casey, has won the Grade One Frank Ward Solicitors Arkle Novice Chase at Leopardstown.

Willie Mullins admits he would prefer Sports Line to have had more experience over fences ahead of his tilt at the Frank Ward Solicitors Arkle Novice Chase at Leopardstown on Sunday.

PITTONI gets the nap to make it two from two over flights in the Visit Punchestown.com Juvenile Hurdle at the County Kildare track this afternoon, should the meeting pass a 7.30am inspection.

Solwhit served further notice of his Champion Hurdle claims with a feisty triumph in the Leopardstown Golf Centre December Festival Hurdle at Leopardstown yesterday.

A 1-2 for England in yesterday’s rescheduled Lexus Chase at Leopardstown, What A Friend beating Money Trix, confirmed what most of us thought anyway that there is little or no chance of an Irish success in the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup.

OFF the track since April of last year, Captain Cee Bee made a triumphant return when landing the Irish Stallion Farms Beginners Chase, on his fencing debut at Naas yesterday.

Eddie Harty’s Captain Cee Bee defied an absence of over 600 days when making a winning debut over fences in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase at Naas.

THERE is every possibility the colourful Oliver Brady will light up the rescheduled Naas meeting this afternoon, should racing get the go-ahead, following a 7.30am inspection.

THE colourful Oliver Brady might well light up Naas this afternoon.

Matt O’Connor faces several weeks on the sidelines after fracturing his collarbone in a fall at Thurles yesterday.

IN COMPLIANCE, having his first run since December of 2007, made a stunning return in the Thurles Chase at Thurles yesterday.

The luckless Matt O’Connor is in the wars once more after parting company with Zaarito at the second-last in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners’ Chase at Thurles.

TAKE a chance on Tranquil Sea providing the answer to a cracking Grade 3 Poplar Square Chase at Naas this afternoon.

HURRICANE Fly will be sorely missed if he does not make it to Cheltenham, should Go Native’s ready victory at Naas be anything to go by.

TEN FIRES is the nap choice to beat 24 rivals in the Early Bird Discounted Tickets For Easter Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse this afternoon.

Colm Murphy is looking for Zaarito to prove he deserves a return trip to the Cheltenham Festival in the paddypower.com Johnstown Novice Hurdle at Naas on Sunday.

Cousin Vinny and Hurricane Fly are both among the entries for the williamhill.com Supreme Novices’ Hurdle following the latest entry stage.

TOM Mullins will wait until later in the week before deciding whether to let Chelsea Harbour turn out quickly in the At The Races Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse on Saturday.

WHEN we walk out of Leopardstown on Sunday night, chances are that the Cheltenham Festival picture will be a lot clearer.

Tom Mullins could be double-handed in the Deloitte Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday with both Oscar Dan Dan and Time Electric being considered for the Grade One contest.

I travel to Cheltenham today for four rides, but think it’s fair to say the highlight of the weekend promises to be teaming up with Brave Inca in the Toshiba Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown tomorrow.

THE Tom Mullins-trained King Of Queens remains the nap choice to land the Grade 3 Juvenile Hurdle at Punchestown this afternoon, a meeting which has been rescheduled, after it was cancelled due to frost on Saturday.

KING Of Queens can land the nap in the Grade 3 Juvenile Hurdle at Punchestown today, should the meeting pass a 7.30 am inspection.

TOM MULLINS’ Made In Taipan can make it two from two over fences in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Novice Chase at Navan this afternoon, should the meeting survive a 7.30am inspection.

Colm Murphy is considering other options for Zaarito after deciding against letting him take his chance in the Christmas Party At Fairyhouse Maiden Hurdle this afternoon.

PAUL TOWNEND has grabbed every opportunity afforded him by Willie Mullins, in the absence of the sidelined Ruby Walsh, and can add to his growing reputation by guiding Drive On Regardless to victory in the first division of the Membership 2009 Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse this afternoon, where there is a 7.30am inspection due to a threat of frost.

FORMER Champion Hurdle winner Brave Inca will head straight to the Morgiana Hurdle next month as the 10-year-old prepares to return from a 19-month absence.

Not content with saddling the two favourites for the Gold Cup later in the week, Paul Nicholls is in the enviable position of having two live chances in the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase.

NOEL MEADE regrets not entering Afistfullofdollars in the Cheltenham Gold Cup after he won impressively at Fairyhouse on Saturday.

COLM MURPHY believes his unbeaten Champion Bumper hope Zaarito “could be anything”.

RUBY WALSH is a significant booking for Strath Gallant in the Blanchardstown Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse this afternoon and the four-year-old gets the nap.

GREEN MILE has clearly got first run on the handicapper and is difficult to oppose in the ACC Bank Hurdle at Kilbeggan tonight.