There are two big National Hunt races taking place at Auteuil on Sunday in the shape of the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris and the Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil.

Willie Mullins has been leading trainer at each of the last 11 Punchestown Festivals (and 14 times in all) and he is set to unleash a fabulous team at this year's event, running from Tuesday, April 25, to Saturday, April 29.

Colin Tizzard feels Thistlecrack has the ability to win over any trip as the King George hero aims to break the hoodoo of favourites in the BetBright Trial Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham.

Outlander has emerged as a possible contender for the 32Red King George VI Chase at Kempton, with connections tempted to run in the Boxing Day feature after Coneygree was ruled out on Sunday.

The Caspian Caviar Gold Cup was won by the four-year-old novice Frodon (up 6 lb to 148p) who coped much better with the demands of this type of race than he had in the BetVictor Gold Cup and showed improvement as a result.