Connections sweet on Wake in Supreme test

SWEET WAKE is a short-priced favourite to give trainer Noel Meade a second victory in the Anglo Irish Bank Supreme Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham today.

The County Meath handler took the Festival opener six years ago with Sausalito Bay and Sweet Wake is the 5-2 favourite to emulate that result.

The five-year-old has won both his starts over timber, taking novice events at Leopardstown and Naas, and Meade has high hopes of notching a hat-trick. "He has done everything right so far and I just hope that he continues in the same vein," he said.