Officials at Leopardstown will monitor weather conditions heading into today’s second day of the Christmas meeting with high winds and heavy rain forecast.

The Munster senior championship quarter-final draws and next Sunday’s Pool A play-off at Skibbereen between Aidan Murphy, Martin Coppinger and James O’Donovan are dominating bowling discourse this week.

Brian Wilmot maintained his perfect senior championship record by beating David Murphy in the last shot in Pool C at Templemartin on Saturday.

It might have been a nightmare Champion Hurdle for Irish punters, but part of West Cork was celebrating last night after Castletownkinneigh’s Noel Fehily steered Paul Nicholls’ Rock On Ruby to glory yesterday.