After an important weekend at Cheltenham with four winners, trainer Dan Skelton is looking for further success with Grey Dawning in the Grade 1 Betfair Chase at Haydock.

Ben Pauling is looking forward to an exciting season with Handstands, who will make his first start in open company in Saturday’s Grade 1 Betfair Chase.

Victory bells have been ringing for Marie Leicester and her family for decades, with Romanoff the latest to hit a Group One note.

The only thing certain as horses slogged their way to the winning post in Saturday’s Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) was that Matamata trainer Pam Gerard would produce the quinella in the Riccarton classic.

Harry Derham’s winning machine One Horse Town continued his progression when running out a ready winner of the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle at Cheltenham.

“He’s a real class horse and I’ve waited a long time to have a really classy one since Denman and some of those.”

The Shootout is annually one of the most interesting races on the calendar due to it’s four-dog format and tonight is a very even edition of it – if they all turn up with their best.

Thursday’s French banker of the day is a talented four-year-old looking to get back to winning ways following a solid course effort.

Ben Pauling’s excellent start to the season continued when Diva Luna ran out a comprehensive winner of the Yorton Mares' Novices' Chase at Bangor on Wednesday.

Wednesday’s placepot picks include six selections from Bangor

Kosciuszko winner Clear Thinking will be chasing valuable black type in The Hunter.

The importance of purchasing National Hunt horses out of France continued to prove key during the opening Graded races of the UK jumps season, with Blueking d’Oroux, Rubaud and Mambonumberfive all successful.

The team assess the live ITV action from Saturday…

A look at some of the other angles from Five Diamonds Day at Rosehill.