It’s a busy weekend for Willie Mullins’ stable, with runners at four meetings, including this afternoon at Aintree, but I’m staying at home to ride at Navan, where the exciting Faugheen and Felix Yonger hold very strong claims.

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.

DAVY Russell was understandably still delighted on bank holiday Monday after a great win on day three of the Cheltenham Festival.

“A man’s gotta make at least one bet a day, else he could be walking around lucky and never know it.”