Melia received a nasty cut above her eye in the fourth but returned  to help her finish the job and qualify for the EuroCup Final

Clane jockey Mark Walsh led Fact To File (6-4 Favourite) to a hugely impressive win at The Festival when coming home the comfortable winner of today’s Ryanair Chase.

The EuroCup Final beckons for Claire Melia and BAXI Ferro after a superb first leg but they still need to complete their job in tonight's second leg in France

It was an emotional and poignant day on Day 2 of the Cheltenham Festival as fate conspired to pay tribute to jockey Michael O’Sullivan, who sadly died last month after a fall during a race in Thurles.

William Munny finished behind the Willie Mullins' trained favourite at an emotional charged Prestbury Park

The wait is over. The Cheltenham Festival is on the horizon, and now it’s time to find what everyone wants and needs: the next Cheltenham Festival winner.

Coming from a family totally devoted to horse racing, Mark Fahey has his first runner at the Cheltenham Festival this week

A win for either William Munny or Marine Nationale at Cheltenham would cause an outpouring of emotion

Ross O’Sullivan and his wife Katie Walsh have two runners in Cheltenham this week and the Naas based trainer sat down with the Kildare Nationalist to discuss the chances of Slurricane on Tuesday and Ryehill on Friday.

Perhaps it says something about me, but when I see that Kildare have beaten Offaly thirteen times in a row it fills me with dread rather than comfort. Eventually the worm turns and particularly when it appears to be an upwardly mobile one.

Deirbhile Byrne scored the decisive penalty to send the Kildare team into the Leinster Final

Darragh Farrell top-scored and Aidan Henry went over for two tries as Athy eased past New Ross

Sligo beat Clare to set up a huge weekend in the promotion race next week

The final meeting in Ireland before the Cheltenham Festival gets underway next week takes place at Naas on Sunday with a seven-race offering which includes the Leinster National at 4. 45pm.

Allianz National Hurling leagueKILDARE 2-34 TYRONE 0-8A confident, slick-passing Kildare outfit proved far too strong for winless Tyrone in a one-sided affair at Cedral St Conleth’s Park in Newbridge on Saturday afternoon.

The KDUL defeated North Tipperary to lift the SFAI U14 Inter League trophy

 The star of the National Indoor Championships from a Kildare perspective was Ciaran Connolly

The Ballitore side are in Leinster semi-final action on Sunday

The Irish National Stud & Gardens is thrilled to announce the newest addition to its renowned Living Legends paddock.

Brian Dowling's team are edging closer to clinching promotion from Division 2 of the Allianz Hurling League