Naas punters got poor value at the New Year meeting last year, the enforced abandonment of the two chases cutting the card to five races. The projection on this occasion is more favourable which is just as well, for one of the big attractions will be the clash between Storm Ten, Copper Supreme, Roses Of Picardy and Lyreen Wonder in the Craddoxtown EBF Novice Chase.

The claims of Storm Ten must be taken seriously after the narrow defeat at Leopardstown of Up For The Game, who had beaten him in a Cork photo-finish. If however you take that argument seriously, then there is still more reason for siding with Roses Of Picardy. After all, she beat Storm Ten by a couple of lengths in her first essay over fences and is now better off at the weights.

If the novice chase pans out as expected, it could be the second leg of a double for Noel Meade and Paul Carberry, who join together with Woodenbridge Natif half an hour earlier.

Woodenbridge Natif achieved a nine-lengths win over hurdles at Thurles in October and then figured on the wrong end of a neck and head photo with Shvera and My Native Donegal in a two-mile maiden hurdle at Navan.

The engagement of the good 5lb claiming amateur Colm Murphy for No Judge is encouraging enough to make him the first Sunday nap of the year.

With the layers he was an ignored 25 to 1 outsider on the occasion of his debut over this course and distance at the first November meeting but there was a little nibble on the Tote and he paid just 5 to 1 for a place when some three lengths off the winner Liscahill Hill.

No Discount looked useful when winning from The Bunny Boiler at Punchestown in a a two and half mile maiden hurdle at the start of December. The pair drew right away from the other 18 competitors, putting 20 lengths of daylight between themselves and the third horse Knockalassa.