Taranis Ready To Roll Paul Nicholls reported market leader Taranis to be firmly on course for Saturday's boylesports.com Gold Cup at Cheltenham.Taranis was still very much in contention when departing at the penultimate fence in the Paddy Power Gold Cup.Along with top-weight Thisthatandtother, Nicholls could also be represented in the two-mile-five-furlong feature by recent Ascot scorer Cerium.'The intention is to run Taranis and the other two are possibles,' he said.'Thisthatandtother is highly likely to run and we will see how the week unfolds with Cerium, who is a bit short of options.'Taranis has had a lot of schooling since his fall and he is well.'He wasn't beaten when coming down but if you don't jump, you don't win.'David Pipe has five engaged including Commercial Flyer, who has come in for recent support and is next best in the list at 7-1.Others prominent in the market at the five-day stage include Cheltenham Festival winner Reveillez and Jonjo O'Neill's Exotic Dancer, winner of the Paddy Power Gold Cup. Recent Punchestown winner Ross River is set to form part of a strong Irish challenge when he goes for gold in the £150,000 contest.'I'd say we will go as we're happy enough with him and things have gone pretty well since Punchestown,' explained trainer Tony Martin.Also set to represent the Emerald Isle is Grade One winner Kill Devil Hill, Davy Fitzgerald's Pearly Jack and the Enda Bolger-trained Darby Wall, who lurks near the foot of the weights.Bolger may be more used to saddling winners over Cheltenham's cross-country course but his eight-year-old has struck up a liking for the Gloucestershire venue and has two course wins to his name from just three starts.'He's been very well since his last run,' said Bolger.'He seems to like it there, he's won twice in only three runs, and even though he fell on the other run, he jumps pretty well.'He appears to have a very stiff task at the weights against some very good horses but it's great prize money so we will give it a go.'(C) PA Sport
