Tourist attracts at Punchestown

The Punchestown Festival, the third of the National Hunt season's main meetings after Cheltenham and Aintree, starts today with an opportunity for Tourist Attraction to prove that her Supreme Novices' Hurdle victory was no fluke.

An unconsidered 25-1 chance at Prestbury Park, she can confirm the form with fourth-placed Blazing Spectacle on 1lb worse terms and may have most to fear from last week's Fairyhouse winner Hotel Minella, the mount of Jamie Osborne.

British stables supply four of the nine runners for the Drogheda Handicap Chase, in which. Nakir has it to do under top weight of 12st while Thumbs Up, Native Mission and Snitton Lane were put in their place behind Coulton at Aintree.

Oh So Grumpy may keep that prize in Ireland, while Nakir's stable-companion Camitrov may have to give best to Winter Belle - runner-up to Harcon on her most recent start - in the novice chase.

Yesterday's results, page 31