Noel Meade is not expecting any fireworks from Go Native as the three-time Grade One winner makes his first appearance in over 900 days at Navan today.

NOEL MEADE isn’t normally a man you can easily ruffle. But the trainer and his team could be forgiven if they are feeling a little nervous today.

SOLWHIT remains a major doubt for the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham next Tuesday, having scoped badly on Monday.

Solwhit could be forced to miss next week’s Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle after scoping dirty on Monday morning.

NOEL Meade plans to give Go Native a post-racing workout at Leopardstown on Sunday week to crown his preparations for the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on March 16.

Noel Meade plans to give Go Native a post-racing workout at Leopardstown on Sunday week to crown his preparations for the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham on March 16.

NOEL Meade is stepping up Go Native’s work as the crack hurdler nears his date with a potential £1m bonus at Cheltenham next month.

LAST YEAR’S winner Big Buck’s features among 35 entries for the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March.

Noel Meade plans to shortly bring Go Native back to the boil for a crack at the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle – and with it the chance to grab a £1m (€1.1m) bonus.

NOEL Meade believes a faster gallop will suit Go Native down to the ground in the williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on St Stephen's Day.

Noel Meade believes a faster gallop will suit Go Native down to the ground in the williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on St Stephen's Day.

Shinrock Paddy confirmed himself an exciting prospect with a runaway win in the Barry & Sandra Kelly Memorial Hurdle at Navan for Paul Nolan and Alain Cawley.

CHARLES BYRNES fears Binocular will be a major stumbling block to Solwhit, who is unbeaten in 2009 and is fresh from claiming the scalps of Muirhead and Hurricane Fly in the Punchestown Hurdle two weeks ago, in the WBX.COM Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle today.

CHAMPION HURDLE winner Punjabi heads 25 entries for the WBX.COM Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle on November 28 as he bids to repeat last year’s victory.

SIZING Europe proved a hugely impressive winner of the Grade 3 Buck House Novice Chase at Punchestown yesterday.

MIKAEL d’HAGUENET, who has done us proud through the entire campaign, has to be the nap choice to head for a summer’s grass in a blaze of glory in the Land Rover Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown this evening.

IT hasn’t been the best of campaigns for Eoin Griffin, who currently languishes 24th in the trainers’ championship with just 13 successes.

THE Michael O’Brien-trained Oligarch Society made it three wins in four races when taking the Listed Dawn Omega Milk EBF Mares’ Novice Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

Noel Meade won his second williamhill.com Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival when Go Native stayed on grimly up the hill to fend off Medermit.

HURRICANE FLY, favourite for the williamhill.com Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham, has been ruled out of the Festival by Willie Mullins.

HURRICANE Fly will be sorely missed if he does not make it to Cheltenham, should Go Native’s ready victory at Naas be anything to go by.

Hurricane Fly and Donnas Palm face a fascinating rematch in tomorrow’s paddypower.com Future Champions Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown.

Stablemates Hurricane Fly and Cousin Vinny could clash for the second time in a month at Leopardstown on Saturday.

P’tit Fute made amends for a disappointing run on the opening day of the Galway Festival with victory back at Ballybrit today.