Ruby Walsh is favourite to be the leading rider at next week's Cheltenham festival but he can reach a significant landmark before that by scoring his 100th winner of the season in Ireland at Naas tomorrow.

The local jockey is only one short of his century and there should be no anxious waiting around as Graduand looks a good chance for Walsh in the opening maiden hurdle.

Walsh's mount is a course bumper winner and lost little in defeat behind Mister Top Notch on the track last time out. Tony McCoy makes a pre-festival journey over and is on the Fairyhouse winner Far From Trouble in this. However, Graduand looks good for Walsh, who is 13 clear of Paul Carberry in the jockeys' table here as well as closing in on the 70-winner mark in Britain.

If Graduand can't do the business, there is no shortage of other opportunities and significantly Davenport Milenium makes a quick reappearance in the novice chase having unseated his rider four out on his chasing debut at Navan last weekend.

Walsh also has claims on board Dermot Weld's Tasman in the novice hurdle but a better option here may be Satoha, whose Leopardstown success reads very well in the light of Publican's subsequent success and who was fancied when unseating behind Black Apalachi here last month.

The JP McManus team will be heavily represented tomorrow with McCoy on board The Boys In Green in the two-mile handicap chase and Conor O'Dwyer riding Hit The Net for Tommy Stack.

The latter returned from almost three months off to run second to John Oliver at Gowran and may be the best option.

McManus's colours will be on Vedelle in the first division of the bumper and this Tinahely point-to-point scorer looks worth checking.