MARSEILLAIS, who is capable of sending punters to the poor house, might finally deliver in the second division of the December 26-29 Christmas Racing Festival Maiden Hurdle at Limerick this afternoon.

IF, like some of us, you have been hitching your wagon to Noel Meade over the past couple of weeks you will have found it, if not exactly a licence to print money, at least a decent source of income.

JOHN McCONNELL, who moved from his Monaghan base to the Curragh last week, was on the mark at Cork yesterday when Coolnaharan landed the Alchemy Properties Handicap Hurdle.