The ground at Punchestown is soft to heavy ahead of a big weekend of action at the Kildare venue.

It is set to be mainly dry and cold, with the chance of light showers, ahead of the two-day fixture which features the Morgiana Hurdle on the Saturday and the John Durkan Chase on Sunday.

They will be racing on the main track on Saturday while on Sunday they are using the inside straight on the hurdle track and finishing on main straight.

Following 18mm of rain since entries Thurles is yielding on the chase course and yielding to soft on the hurdle track ahead of Thursday's card. It's a mainly dry forecast in Tipperary.

Cork race on Sunday and it's currently soft, soft to heavy in places. There is also a mainly dry forecast for Mallow.