The reappearance of Cardinal Hill in the Jameson Gold Cup is a tasty sweetener for the main event at Fairyhouse, especially if Noel Meade's horse can go some way to replenishing some of the fortunes lost on him at Cheltenham.

Starting a well-backed favourite for the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, Cardinal Hill was lying in second to Hors La Loi when unseating Paul Carberry at the second last.

It would be fanciful to suggest that the unseating cost Cardinal Hill the race as the winner was travelling very strongly in the lead, but he would have been a clear second ahead of Joe Mac.

That represents the best of Irish novice form and a reproduction of it should see Cardinal Hill beat the likes of Native Upmanship and Dance So Suite relatively comfortably. One Cheltenham contender who did fill the runner-up spot was Balla Sola in the Triumph Hurdle who is brought out again for the opener.

For a horse whose stamina for the final Cheltenham hill was questioned beforehand, Balla Sola arrived at the head of the field in the Triumph plenty soon enough. In the end, he was overhauled by the remarkable Katarino, who was never travelling smoothly at any stage of the race but still won impressively.

It can be dangerous banking on Cheltenham horses who may have had hard races at the festival, but if even near his Triumph form, Balla Sola should score.

The £15,000 Leinster Petroleum Hurdle will take a lot of winning, with such as Derrymoyle, the Cheltenham hero, Deejaydee, and the Coral Cup runner-up Miltonfield involved. Having named that trio, it is still perfectly possible that the winner hasn't been named. Possibly Almira, who has shown a liking for Fairyhouse, can provide a value solution.