Noble blunder hands Powers gold to Dubh

NOEL Meade may not have the strength in depth that saw him crowned champion trainer on several occasions but in Realt Dubh he has a real stable star.

The seven-year-old was winning his third Grade One race of the season in claiming the Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse yesterday.

This one may have been slightly more fortuitous than his two previous wins at Leopardstown earlier in the season, but, as Meade said, jumping is the name of the game.