Stone can be master

Davy Russell, denied in controversial circumstances from riding at Aintree this week, can enjoy a measure of compensation by landing a double at Thurles this evening.

He partners Stonemaster for Dessie Hughes in the Easter Time Hurdle and the eight-year-old is the nap choice.

Stonemaster clashed with two of his rivals now, Berties Dream and Catch Me, in the final of the Pertemps Hurdle at Cheltenham last month and that contest surely holds the key to this.