The big race of the day is at Fairyhouse, with the yearly battle royal that is the BoyleSports Irish Grand National.

Gordon Elliott saddles 13 runners – yes, 13 runners – but his great rival Willie Mullins, pictured, is taken to seize the day with Pairofbrowneyes.

The nine-year-old gelding deserves his place towards the forefront of the betting, having won so well at Gowran on his first start for Mullins.

That should have him beautifully poised with this in mind, while the likelihood of testing ground can only be a good thing for this heavy-ground winner.

Pairofbrowneyes is taking a rare old hike in distance, but his trainer is convinced that he is an out-and-out stayer and whatever Mullins says, often tends to go.

Music Major has a nice chance of winning for the first time this year when he takes up an engagement at Wolverhampton.

Epsom trainer Michael Attwater has done a good job with this five-year-old, who has been in pretty decent nick since he did the business at Lingfield in the autumn.

Music Major has not scored since then, but there was a bit to like about his most recent venture to the racecourse at Kempton a fortnight ago.

The gelded son of Bertolini was sent off at odds of 8-1 in a one-mile handicap and fleetingly looked like he was going to win.

But Music Major could not quite pick up when push came to shove and ended up finishing fourth behind Kingston Kurrajong.

Attwater will still have been happy with that effort as it underscored the theory that he now needs to be racing beyond a mile.

Music Major gets to prove the point in this nine-and-a-half-furlong handicap, in which he runs off the same mark of 70.

It is also good to see the reappointment of Luke Morris, who was at the helm for that Lingfield success in November.

Grey Destiny might be worth a little interest in the concluding seven-furlong handicap.

The eight-year-old grey, trained by Anthony Brittain, was denied a course and distance hat-trick on January 8 when he finished fourth behind Dark Alliance in a an apprentices’ handicap.

He had previously been in sparkling form, though, and the way he kept going on his last spin at Dunstall Park tended to suggest he might not yet be handicapped out of the equation.

Grey Destiny is, significantly, reunited with Cam Hardie, who knows him better than anyone.

Kyllachy Dragon can make a successful return to action in a five-furlong sprint handicap.

Iain Jardine’s runner has not been sighted since October, when he turned in a really stout effort to finish a neck second in a hot enough nursery at York.

He has since been gelded but Kyllachy Dragon looked a rather promising animal last year, admittedly without winning, and is likely to be fit enough to do himself justice.