Iktitaf Primed For Return Iktitaf, one of a number of Supreme Novices´ Hurdle hopes for Noel Meade, heads a list of nine entries in the Grade Two Byrne Group Plc Novice Hurdle at Punchestown on Sunday. The five-year-old, who was last seen winning the Grade One Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse in December, missed the Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown earlier this month due to a minor setback. 'Iktitaf runs on Sunday and is 100%,' confirmed Meade, whose charge is a leading contender in the Anglo Irish Bank-sponsored feature at the Cheltenham Festival. 'When he came home from England he was OK - he didn´t really get held up at all. He possibly could have run, but we couldn´t take our chance with him at the time. 'He´s in good shape anyway.' Tommy Stack´s recent Cork winner Tolpuddle and the John Carr-trained Sublimity look big dangers in a potentially hot event, as does John Kiely´s Ceeawayhome after registering convincing back-to-back victories at Cork and Punchestown. Meade has also entered Masrahi, who was last seen finishing a disappointing 24th in the Pierse Hurdle. Mounthenry, a three-time winner over hurdles this term, Mise En Place, Quel Doun and Thyne Again complete the field at the five-day stage.(C) PA Sport
