TONY McCoy and Timmy Murphy, who have been riding most of the week at the Punchestown Festival in Ireland, are both in action at Wetherby tomorrow.

The two top riders, each of whom have a loyal following, should keep their supporters happy by figuring among the winners.

McCoy (pictured left) has excellent prospects of landing the £10,000 Rocom Ltd Handicap Chase, the feature race on the card, aboard Hautclan, trained by Jonjo O'Neill.

McCoy and O'Neill teamed up to land a famous Grade 1 triumph at Punchestown on Thursday with Refinement, and although Hautclan can hardly lay down claims to being in the same league as his stable-mate, he has a sound chance in this three miles and one furlong event.

An all the way winner at Uttoxeter last time, Hautclan need only reproduce that level of form to make life difficult for two other recent winners, Bubble Boy and Elvis Returns, the latter trained at Norton by Malcolm Jefferson.

Timmy Murphy has been booked by County Durham trainer Richard Guest to partner Kidithou in the JCT600 Handicap Chase.

On his latest start, at Ayr's Scottish National meeting, Kidithou unseated his rider at the second-last fence when looking likely to be involved in the finish of a race eventually won by Petit Lord.

The winner of two of his three previous starts. Kidithou should not be marked down too heavily for his recent blip, and with Murphy taking over from a conditional rider, the partnership merits attention.

Windy Hills can clinch the Royal British Legion Beginners' Chase for Nicky Richards and Tony Dobbin.

The seven-year-old has finished second on his last two starts over fences, his latest defeat at Carlisle coming at the hands of Noir Et Vert, who franked that form by going down only in a photo-finish at Punchestown this week.

A clear round tomorrow should see Windy Hills making a bold bid to chalk up an overdue success.

North Yorkshire trainer David Nicholls sends runners to Brighton tomorrow and the sprint specialist can clinch a double with Blackheath and Mr Rooney, both of whom will be partnered by able apprentice Andrew Mullen.

Blackheath, who runs in the Racecourse Video Services Selling Stakes, has been a smashing servant to the Nicholls yard down the years. Now in the twilight of his career, he is obviously not as effective, but he showed enough when finishing second at Wolverhampton on his latest start to suggest he has every chance of going one better in this company.

Mr Rooney only just failed to hold-off the evergreen Paddywack at Ripon last week. He would not need to improve much on that effort to step-up to the winners' slot tomorrow.

The nap vote is awarded to Icannshift, who lived up to his name when winning at Bath recently, is taken to repeat the dose in the Good Luck Suzanna Handicap.

Racing selections

Tomorrow

Wetherby: 2.20 Autograph, 2.55 Windy Hills, 3.25 Upright Ima, 4.00 Hautclan, 4.35 Clifton, 5.05 Kidithou, 5.35 Brave Rebellion.

Brighton: 2.10 Concertmaster, 2.40 Tenement, 3.15 Blackheath, 3.50 Veiled Applause, 4.25 Iccanshift (NAP), 4.55 Graceful Steps, 5.25 Mr Rooney.

Tomorrow's other meetings:

Ludlow (National Hunt).

Today's meetings: Haydock, Ripon, Leicester (all Flat), Sandown (mixed), Market Rasen (National Hunt), Wolverhampton (all-weather Flat).