Prince ok after Powers fall Noble Prince is none the worse for his fall in the Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse on Sunday. Paul Nolan's charge looked like following up his Cheltenham Festival victory under Tony McCoy before getting in too close to the second-last fence. "He's 100%, I'm delighted he's come out of it so well," said Nolan. "He ate up his pot and strode out to his chin this morning without a care in the world. There's not a bother on him. "I'm not sure about Punchestown. We'll just assess him over the next couple of days. "AP (McCoy) thinks he'd have won all right. It's not as if he's a horse who doesn't find off the bridle. "He had loads left but there's no point commenting on things like that, the fences are there to be jumped. "That second-last is a brick wall and we were just lucky he didn't turn a complete somersault. "He certainly looks to be improving. With some of these horses who come from France it's like Paul Nicholls says, they can just take a year or two to come to themselves. "This lad has shown how good he is now. Yesterday there were some very decent horses beaten an awful long way. We'll find out next year if he's up to running in the Grade Ones. "I think two and a half miles is his trip. There wasn't really any races for him over that trip over hurdles which is maybe why he was short of the standard he's at now."
