All you need to know including going on day one of the Punchestown festival

It is the first day of the Punchestown festival and it could be a big meeting for Willie Mullins, who has favourite Min in the feature Boylesports Champion Chase (5.30), one of three Grade 1s.

The trainer has a strong hand throughout the card with Supreme winner Klassical Dream in the Herald Champion Novice Hurdle (4.20) and Getabird in the Dooley Insurance Group Champion Novice Chase (6.40).

Elsewhere, there are Flat meetings at Nottingham, Brighton and Yarmouth, with Newcastle and Chelmsford providing the evening action on the all-weather.

Going report

Nottingham (first race: 1.30)
Good to soft (Inner track) (GoingStick 6.6)

Brighton (1.50)
Good to firm (Watered) (GoingStick 9.2)

Yarmouth (2.15)
Good, good to firm in places (Watered) (GoingStick 7.4)

Punchestown (3.40)
Yielding on the hurdle and chase courses, good, good to firm in places on the cross country course.

Newcastle (4.45)
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Chelmsford (5.15)
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Final thought

It will be interesting to see how the progressive A Plus Tard, a runaway winner of the Close Brothers, fares on his step up to Grade 1 company in the Champion Novice Chase.

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