Horse Racing

Bashkirov has been making hay on the all-weather in the past few months and he will be out for further glory in the Barry Geraghty on attheraces.com Handicap, the most valuable contest of a seven-race card at Dundalk.

Ruby Walsh and Tony Martin completed a double at Clonmel when Psycho ran out a wide-margin winner of the Comeragh Beginners Chase.

Tony McCoy and Denman were reunited for the first time since they parted company at Newbury last month as the champion jockey schooled the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup hopeful at Paul Nicholls' Somerset yard this morning.

Harry Findlay rates odds-on favourites Dunguib, Master Minded, Big Buck's and Kauto Star as banker material at next week's Cheltenham Festival.

Dual winner Master Minded heads 14 possibles for the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham on Wednesday.

Jockey Sam Thomas was this morning airlifted to hospital after suffering a bad fall on the gallops at Paul Nicholls' yard.

Bashkirov has been making hay on the all-weather in the past few months and he will be out for further glory in the Barry Geraghty on attheraces.com Handicap, the most valuable contest of a seven-race card at Dundalk.

Kazal and Psycho have both made the frame at the Cheltenham Festival but compete at a lower level this year and cross swords in the Comeragh Beginners Chase at Clonmel.

Slievecorragh fought off all challengers to make every yard of the running in the Jigginstown Hurdle at Naas.

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Kazal and Psycho have both made the frame at the Cheltenham Festival but compete at a lower level this year and cross swords in the Comeragh Beginners Chase at Clonmel.

Garde Champetre is on course to bid to complete a hat-trick of victories in the cross-country chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

Leading Irish fancy Dunguib is a confirmed entry for the opening race at the Cheltenham Festival, the Supreme Novices' Hurdle.

Smurfit Kappa are to end their backing of the Champion Hurdle which they have sponsored since 1991.

Training legend Martin Pipe believes the Dunguib camp have done the right thing in sticking to the novice route at Cheltenham next week.