De Bromhead has faith in Sizing Europe

Irish trainer is enjoying his best season and leading fancy for the Arkle Chase at Cheltenham could take him to the next level

Monkerhostin goes on trial for cross-country race

Veteran performer, who won the Coral Cup in 2004, could face a new challenge at the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday

Russell finds place among elite

Jockey will be among leading riders at Cheltenham but recalls a testing period when, by his own admission, he felt completely lost

What connections think of their National prospects

Find out what trainers think of the weight that their charges have been given for the National

Solwhit eased for Champion after suffering setback

Participation of leading Cheltenham fancy is in doubt after trainer Charles Byrnes reveals gelding scoped dirty

Weekend Watch

How a gift horse revived island race

A surprise and generous offer from an Emir in 1991 has seen high quality horse racing flourish in Port Stanley

Winning is name of the game - not who's second

Tom Scudamore pours scorn on an oft-quoted belief that a victory means more if the rider you have beaten is a champion

Batchelor hopes to have last laugh on Carruthers

Popular jockey has followed unconventional path and admits he never expected to be handed a mount in the Festival feature

Cheltenham considers Saturday finish

Alan Lee's weekly Diary reveals that this could be the penultimate year of the traditional Tuesday start to the big Festival meeting

Irish fortunes riding with Dunguib

Julian Muscat reports on the horse charged with restoring pride to a nation seeking solace from a savage recession

Weights for the 2010 Grand National

Find out what your fancy has been allocated to carry in the John Smith's sponsored marathon

Henderson backs young pretenders

Trainer singles out Punchestowns and Long Run for special praise as he attempts to improve his tally of 34 Cheltenham Festival winners

Twiston-Davies team in peak shape

Trainer will have more than 20 runners at the Cheltenham Festival, spearheaded by Imperial Commander and Khyber Kim

Elliott targets another victory on away soil

Trainer has saddled more winners in Britain than he has in his native Ireland this season - and hopes to break his Festival duck

Weekend Watch

Turf Flat racing is still a month away, but it is hard to keep Kieren Fallon out of the headlines

George upbeat about Nacarat repeat

Trainer confident before Racing Post Chase, while Nicky Henderson will run French recruit Soldatino on same Kempton card

Madison Du Berlais has first-class claims in Post

Tom Scudamore believes big weight will not stop his mount running a big race in Kempton showpiece on Saturday