EARTH MAGIC, performing with real consistency this season, can land the nap in the Rock Of Cashel Hurdle at Thurles today.

THURLES may be right at the bottom of the Racing Post’s list of what a racecourse should be, understandably, but is top of the hit-parade as far as racegoers are concerned.

THURLES, the first ‘all-weather’ track in Ireland, will again attempt to cheat the elements this afternoon, as it houses a decent seven-race programme.

Hedgehunter, winner of the 2005 Grand National, is set to make his seasonal reappearance in the Rock Of Cashel Hurdle at Thurles tomorrow.

PAUL CARBERRY, in second spot behind Ruby Walsh in the jockeys’ championship, began his afternoon at Thurles yesterday with a smooth success aboard The Screamer in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Beginners Chase, a contest run for the most part in thick fog.

TOM TAAFFE’S Emotional Moment produced a smooth performance to land the Horse and Jockey Beginners ’Chase at Thurles yesterday. Clearly benefitting from his first run of the campaign at Punchestown, the six-year-old proved far too good for this opposition.

EMOTIONAL MOMENT, in the Horse and Jockey Beginners ’Chase, can get punters away to a flier on a marathon eight-race programme at Thurles today.

ARTHUR MOORE’S Jurado Express produced a spectacular display to make a winning debut over fences in the Horse and Jockey Beginners ’Chase at Thurles yesterday.