Clarnazar can click

THERE are definite signs of late that Noel Meade's horses may be about to strike form again and, consequently, his Clarnazar may be worth risking in the Book Your Festival Tickets Hurdle at Punchestown today.

Meade hasn't enjoyed any success since Well Run scored at Fairyhouse on New Year's Day and that must seem like a lifetime to such a talented handler, who has so much firepower at his disposal.

The selection, a point-to-point, bumper and hurdles winner, is taking a big drop in class and, if running up his best, has to go close. He was in a different league at Gowran Park last time, contesting the Grade 3 Galmoy Hurdle. Hardly surprisingly the six-year-old cut little ice, but was wasn't disgraced either.