Davy Russell and Philip Enright are free to ride at the big Christmas festivals after the five-day bans they received for the ’whip borrowing’ incident at Clonmel on December 7 were reduced to two days on appeal.

Brilliant mare Quevega could finish only second as Jetson caused a major upset in the Ladbrokes World Series Hurdle at Punchestown.

Champagne Fever is fancied to lead his rivals a merry dance in the Grade 1 Ryanair Novice Chase at Punchestown this evening.

Goonyella gets the vote to give Jim Dreaper a fifth success in the Boylesports Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse today.

Peter Maher is eyeing Punchestown Festival compensation for Big Shu after his stable star’s early exit from the Crabbie’s Grand National at Aintree on Saturday.

A Festival that began so well ended on a bad note yesterday when Abbyssial sent me spinning to the turf in the Triumph Hurdle.

I was absolutely kicking myself after Annie Power had got beaten by More Of That in the World Hurdle at Cheltenham yesterday.

A massive gamble went astray on Willie Mullins’ Annie Power, after the mare failed to get to grips with Jonjo O’Neill’s More Of That, brilliantly ridden by Barry Geraghty, in the Ladbrokes’ World Hurdle at Cheltenham yesterday.

More Of That outstayed Annie Power up the famous Cheltenham hill to claim the Ladbrokes World Hurdle with Big Buck’s back in fifth and subsequently retired.

Any day you have a winner at Cheltenham is a good day and I was more than happy with Faugheen’s victory in the first.

Annie Power versus Big Buck’s promises one of the great battles of the week in the Ladbrokes’ World Hurdle at Cheltenham this afternoon.

Proud owner Andy Stewart insists Big Buck’s remains at the top of his game at the age of 11 and expects him to fight all the way in an attempt to regain his stayers’ crown at Cheltenham.

Big Buck’s and Annie Power feature among a field of 12 declared for Thursday’s Ladbrokes World Hurdle at Cheltenham as the former bids to regain his stayers’ crown.

Paul Nicholls is confident Big Buck’s will “improve enormously” for the run after finishing a close third on his return to action in the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday.

Big Buck’s lost his unbeaten run over hurdles when he was relegated into a narrow third by shock winner Knockara Beau and At Fishers Cross in the galliardhomes.com Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Sam Twiston-Davies insists he will treat the ride on Big Buck’s no differently to any other as the record-breaking staying hurdler makes his return from more than a year’s absence at Cheltenham today.

Owner Andy Stewart admits he is “terrified” ahead of the return of Big Buck’s in the galliardhomes.com Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday.

Dan Skelton’s arrival to the training ranks has been little less than astonishing as Willow’s Saviour brought about his 15th and considerably most important winner in The Ladbroke at Ascot.

Jim Culloty believes there is further improvement in Lord Windermere after he ran a creditable race in defeat in Saturday’s Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury.

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Paul Nicholls has won the RSA Worcester Novices’ Chase at Newbury with a few reasonable staying types and Just A Par looked another from the same mould.

Jockey Ruby Walsh believes there is a lot more to come from Annie Power, despite having extended her unbeaten run to eight races at Ascot on Saturday.

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I think today is my weakest book of rides of the week and will be delighted to get among the winners.

Bookmakers were battered on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival as punters piled into another feature-race winner.

THE Diary is used to screaming girls as he walks through the streets (ahem), but even this correspondent knew something was up as a posse of women shrieked uncontrollably as he walked past the Arkle bar.

Last year’s winner Rock On Ruby is among a field of nine for the Stan James Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on Tuesday.

NEW PHASE, winner of the contest a year ago, repeated the trick at Cork yesterday when landing the Follow Us On Facebook Hurdle.