DROPPING back in trip, the John Oxx-trained Dawariya will be strongly fancied to defy top-weight in the features Rosses Point Handicap in Sligo tonight.

Ralph Beckett has opted against starting Ceilidh House off in this weekend’s Kerry Group Noblesse Stakes at Cork and will choose a domestic target instead.

SIZING AUSTRALIA will be seeking further cross-country chase glory following his victory at the Cheltenham Festival last Tuesday.

THERE was no fairytale return for me at Newbury yesterday when Don’t Turn Bach finished well behind in a handicap hurdle.

PAINSTAKING work collecting all the records of the 2,265 men who fought with the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary (ADRIC) finally helped identify the man who instigated the burning of Cork city 90 years ago today.

The pint-sized Indian Ballad showed the heart of a lion to beat Breezolini by a nose in the TSG Nursery at York.

DERMOT WELD’S Endearing could be ready to deliver and gets the nap in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Maiden at Dundalk tonight.

Connections of Border Patrol hope the four-year-old can book his place in the Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes with a good run at Sandown tomorrow.

Border Patrol confirmed his class with a feisty winning display in the Solonaway Stakes at the Curragh.

Akmal regained the winning thread with a battling victory under Richard Hills in the Sky Bet Melrose Stakes at York.

PAT Smullen proved himself in top form ahead of the Galway Festival when recording a double in the opening races on last night’s card at Wexford where Philip Rothwell took the training honours thanks to the victories of Eyeffess and Mount Welcome.

EYTARNA should build on her promising debut effort at the Curragh to land tonight’s Irish Stallion Farms Fillies Maiden at Gowran Park.

Le Beau Bai was pulled up in the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham on Wednesday but made a quick return to the fray when scoring at Carlisle today.

ROOT CAUSE, treated to a day out at Laytown previously, got off the mark over jumps when landing the www.tramore-racecourse.com Maiden Hurdle at the Waterford track yesterday.

ONCE-raced Daasij is the nap choice in the Boylesports’ Maiden at Roscommon this evening.

Cedrus Libani remains unbeaten over fences following his third victory but he was made to work a little harder than his odds suggested at Catterick.

Copsale Lad can provide Nicky Henderson with a welcome boost by landing the spoils in the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham.

DISPOL FOXTROT may not be one of the superstars of the racing game but she looks capable of landing the Ringside Suite 700 Theatre Style Conference Handicap at Wolverhampton today.

KIEREN FALLON, who would have been at Newmarket in other circumstances, instead had to settle for Cork on Saturday.

Tax Free shattered the five-furlong course record when he bolted up in the Prestwold Conditions Stakes at Leicester.

MRS GILLOW, who has been an excellent money-spinner for the Jim Bolger yard, landed the major feature of the Tralee Festival yesterday, the Guinness Gold Cup, in front of an attendance of 4,608.

SERGEANT CECIL can make the transition from handicap company to Group One performer with a famous success in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot today.

Connections of Etlaala are mulling over options for the four-year-old after his return to winning ways in the Axminster Carpets Cathedral Stakes at Salisbury.

FRANKIE DETTORI has been snapped up for the ride on French challenger Linda’s Lad in the Vodafone Derby at Epsom on Saturday.

MATTOCK RANGER is a confident nap choice to continue a good week for Noel Meade in the Evening Racemeeting In May Novice Hurdle at Punchestown today.

TRIKIRK, off the track for almost two years, came late and fast to give Michael Grassick his first winner of the season in the Supporters’ Club Maiden at Tramore last evening.

Mick Easterby’s Compton Plume has the credentials to supplement a recent course and distance victory with another success in the Nidd Classified Stakes at Catterick tomorrow.

BEHKIYRA is set to line up for the Irish Oaks at the Curragh in two weeks time following a classy performance in the Martin Molony Stakes at Limerick last night.

THE unexposed Swift Sailor has long been favourite for the totesport Chester Cup and he can justify punter confidence in style on the Roodee today.

Trainer Barry Hills has indicated that Etlaala is most likely to run in Thursday’s bet365 Craven Stakes at Newmarket.

ETLAALA has been installed a short-priced favourite to maintain his unbeaten record in the Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday.

MICHAEL HOURIGAN, a trainer who has not been slow to criticise jockeys in the past, described Paul Carberry as a “genius” after the brilliant rider had partnered the Limerick handler’s The Screamer to win the Smithwicks’ Handicap Hurdle at Listowel yesterday.

Andrew Balding’s improving Albinus is on course to take his chance in the betfair.com St Leger at Doncaster on Saturday week.

A MAN responsible for one of Britain’s worst wildlife crimes yesterday escaped a jail term.

Mubtaker, Europe’s highest-rated horse still in training after last season, put himself firmly into the reckoning for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe when making a successful reappearance at Newbury today.

“RUBY WALSH again, what more can you say”, exclaimed trainer, Michael Philips, after he had watched the maestro pilot his Red Square Lady to victory in the Sand and Gravel Products Hurdle at Cork last night.

JAMIE SPENCER can guide the once-raced Silk And Scarlet to victory in the Listed Silver Flash Stakes at Leopardstown this evening.

Red Bloom, ante-post favourite for the UltimateBet.com 1000 Guineas, satisfied Sir Michael Stoute in a gallop before racing at Newmarket today.

Red Bloom will be put through her paces before racing at Newmarket tomorrow as she continues her preparation for the UltimateBet.com 1000 Guineas.

TRAINER David Loder and jockey Johnny Murtagh team up for the first time this season in a major handicap when Bonecrusher tackles the Coral Rosebery Stakes at Kempton Park today.

Paddy The Piper extended his winning sequence to five in brave fashion in the Grade Two Tote Exacta Premier Kelso Hurdle at Kelso yesterday, but he will be giving the Cheltenham Festival a miss.

A NAKED rambler who has been arrested eight times as he attempts to walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats said yesterday that he is determined to complete the trek following his latest brush with the law.

Newmarket trainer Alec Stewart has snapped up champion jockey Kieren Fallon for Selective in the Freephone Stanley Lincoln at Doncaster on Saturday.