Ground Key to Harchibald Chance Trainer Noel Meade feels the ground is the key to Harchibald's bid for a third win in Saturday's WBX.com Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle. The nine-year-old won the race in 2004 and 2007 but the Irish handler is hoping the rain stays away from Gosforth Park this week. "He's leaving on Wednesday morning to head over there," the trainer said. "He's in great form and the whole question is the ground. If it's good we have a great chance, if it's not we have no chance." Meade admits it looks a warm renewal of the contest. "It's probably as good a race as we've had over there with Punjabi and Sublimity in there," he said.
