News and Kilbeggan preview: Rule Supreme, who provided Willie Mullins and David Casey with a second French Champion Hurdle in a row on Saturday, will mix hurdling and chasing next winter. Mullins yesterday nominated the Stayers' Hurdle as Rule Supreme's Cheltenham target, but the gelding will also take in top chases like Leopardstown's Hennessy Gold Cup and the Heineken Gold Cup at Punchestown.

"As I said after he won the SunAlliance Chase last season, we will go down the Stayers' Hurdle road but I want to mix it with one or two chases like the Hennessy and the Heineken," said Mullins.

Rule Supreme was a surprise winner of Saturday's Grande Courses de Haies d'Auteuil with the hot favourite, Kotkijet, only third. Casey's mount won by two lengths from Great Love to add to last year's triumph with Nobody Told Me. "He was very good and calm. It was a bit like Nobody Told Me last year as he improved from his last run. We thought he would be placed but this is brilliant," Casey said.

The jockey also won the champion four-year-old hurdle later on Saturday with Mesange Royale.

Rule Supreme returned to the Mullins yard last night and will be put to grass for the summer.

Vercholyles Lad had been in prolific form over fences here and he continued that by winning over hurdles at Perth earlier this month. He stays over the minor obstacles at Kilbeggan this evening in the novice hurdle but could find Top Ben too good.

This one shaped like the hike up to three miles would present no problems when runner up to Sargon at Cork.

Top Ben's stable companion Duneden takes on three other winners in the bumper but there was a lot to like about his 20-length defeat of Gaspar at Naas and the Meade runner can come out on top.

Marcus Tregoning won with his first runner in Germany when Tahreeb landed the Group Three Grosser Preis der Wirtschaft in Dortmund yesterday.