Airlie Beach rounded off her racing career in tremendous style with a typically game success in the Ardilaun Hotel Oyster Stakes at Galway.

Unbeaten novice hurdler Airlie Beach is set to head straight to the Cheltenham Festival without another run.

Willie Mullins is responsible for 15 of the record 53 entries for the OLBG Mares' Hurdle on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival on March 14.

2016 has been a year of much change and uncertainty, with Brexit and the US presidency elections adding to the pressure felt by recovering economies around the world.