RITE Of Passage hardened as favourite for the Neptune Investments Novice Hurdle at Cheltenham after recording what his trainer Dermot Weld described as a “satisfactory” win in the Book Your Festival Tickets Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday.

QUEVEGA will be aimed at the David Nicholson Mares Hurdle at Cheltenham following her impressive seasonal debut victory in the Book The Punchestown Pavilion At The Festival Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday.

THE Willie Mullins-Ruby Walsh bandwagon can roll merrily along at Punchestown this afternoon, with the duo’s Sports Line the nap choice in the Festival Hospitality Maiden Hurdle.