#QUAIS DE PARIS

Newsboy's Nap selection on the New Year's Day racing programme is the Warren Greatex-trained Abuffalosoldier at Cheltenham (3.05). The next best is another Prestbury Park runner Midnight River (1.55) Stattler MIDNIGHT RIVER is fancied to get punters off to the perfect start for 2023 with a victory in the Paddy Power New Year's Day Handicap Chase…

Honeysuckle and Rachael Blackmore will aim to bounce back from her first defeat at Fairyhouse to win a fourth consecutive Irish Champion Hurdle This year's Dublin Racing Festival looks set to play host to a star-studded line-up after early entries for the two-day Irish calendar highlight at Leopardstown were revealed on Thursday. Eight Grade 1s…

Picking up from my last column to cover the remainder of the holiday program (December 28 to January 1) in what was the busiest post-Boxing Day period for some time, the narrative seemed to me more of the same - some horses enhanced their reputations, a bigger number diminished theirs, and a standout performance to breathe new life into some…

CAN anyone stop Willie Mullins? The genius Irish trainer enjoyed another sensational Christmas period, hoovering up Grade 1s for fun while his rivals could only look on. Mullins, 66, even joked about picking up his'annual cheque' at Tramore on New Year's Day when Quais De Paris made total fools of his'rivals'. It might have been a relatively lowly…