The Imperial Cup (3.15) provides a nice teaser to the Cheltenham Festival and whoever solves the Sandown puzzle can go into next week’s four-day fiesta with a spring in their step.

RUBY Walsh insists the decision to ride The Midnight Club in the John Smith’s Grand National on Saturday week is not one he has taken lightly.

David Pipe feels Grands Crus has “added some spice” to the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

Nicky Henderson’s Solix heads a field of 15 runners in the rearranged totesport Trophy at Newbury tomorrow.

No stone will be left unturned in Grands Crus’ preparation for the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at Cheltenham.

David Pipe has trained a winner at every jumps track in Britain after Hunterview landed the feature John Smith’s Scottish County Handicap Hurdle at Musselburgh.

HARRY Findlay is backing his own Big Fella Thanks rather than the gambled-on Tricky Trickster to provide champion trainer Paul Nicholls with a first win in the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree on April 10.

Well Chief received the universal backing of the bookmaking industry for the 2010 Queen Mother Champion Chase after slamming dual Cheltenham Festival winner Master Minded in the Connaught Chase.

INJURY-PLAGUED Well Chief received a hero’s welcome after defying his advancing years to lower the colours of Master Minded in the Connaught Chase at Cheltenham yesterday.

David Pipe is still weighing up the options before committing Tamarinbleu to Saturday's totetentofollow Old Roan Chase at Aintree.

Two stories dominated the racing pages this weekend – and both failed to satiate the headline-makers.

I AM more than hopeful Celestial Halo can give his Champion Hurdle prospects a big boost by winning at Sandown this afternoon.

Three-time Ladbrokes World Hurdle winner Inglis Drever stands as a giant obstacle in the way of Lough Derg picking up more Order Of Merit points in the John Smith´s Great Float Social Club Liverpool Hurdle on Thursday.

David Pipe could run all three of his entries in the totesport.com Classic Chase at Warwick on Saturday.

Well Chief heads a fascinating field of nine for the John Smith’s Melling Chase at Aintree on Friday.

DAVID PIPE has expressed his delight at renewing the famous Pipe-Scudamore partnership after revealing Tom Scudamore is to become his stable jockey at Pond House.

NIGEL Twiston-Davies has revealed a sore shin was to blame for Fundamentalist’s poor display of jumping at Cheltenham on Saturday.

Former champion jumps trainer Martin Pipe has moved to play down reports that he has an incurable muscle-wasting illness.

Fifteen-time champion trainer Martin Pipe revealed he has an incurable muscle-wasting disease.

David Pipe has stated he has no plans to employ a retained rider other than principal owner David Johnson’s jockey Timmy Murphy in the foreseeable future..

David Pipe has stated he has no plans to employ a retained rider other than principle owner David Johnson’s jockey Timmy Murphy in the foreseeable future.

Martin Pipe may have announced his retirement from the training ranks but he still managed to add another two big winners to his record thanks to Acambo and Westender at Haydock.

Attracting new owners will be one of the priorities for David Pipe as he begins his reign as master of Pond House Stables.

United could make her seasonal reappearance in the Sunderlands Imperial Cup at Sandown on Saturday.

Martin Pipe’s classy chaser Well Chief has been sidelined for the rest of the season due to injury.

Martin Pipe stressed today that he is in no hurry to appoint a stable jockey after the shock departure of champion Tony McCoy from the Pond House yard.

RICHARD JOHNSON yesterday admitted the rider who gets the job as Martin Pipe's new stable jockey would be "a very lucky" man.

Champion jockey Tony McCoy is to quit his position as number one rider to Martin Pipe to take up a similar role with Jonjo O’Neill, whose major backer is leading Irish owner JP McManus.

Tony McCoy is to quit his position as stable-jockey to Martin Pipe to take up a similar role with Jonjo O’Neill.

A minute’s silence will be observed at all five British meetings today as a mark of respect for Irish jockey Kieran Kelly who died last night.

Champion trainer Martin Pipe led the tributes to Irish jockey Kieran Kelly who died on Tuesday night.

Granville Again, winner of the 1993 Champion Hurdle, and a former stalwart of Martin Pipe’s stable, has died aged 17.