Paul Carberry's link up with Noel Meade has put him in second place in the current Irish jockeys table behind Ruby Walsh and that link up should pay dividends again at Navan today.

However, due to the adverse weather forecast there will be a precautionary inspection of the track at 7 a.m. to determine if racing can go ahead. The going was described as soft to heavy yesterday.

Local trainer Meade has an enviable yard of potential young horses but few look to hold the promise of Cardinal Hill who makes his hurdling debut in the 30 runner maiden.

A short head win over Biliverdin at Gowran last March was boosted by the subsequent efforts of the runner up while Cardinal Hill showed himself in even better light with an emphatic 13-length success in another bumper at Fairyhouse in April.

With the likes of Montana Glen, Siberian Gale and Rathbawn Prince strung out behind him, Cardinal Hill looked a very exciting prospect and with adequate jumping should be up to coping with some decent opposition first time out.

Best of the opposition could be Shean Town, a good winner of a Listowel bumper and who is better than a fourth to Rathbawn Prince over flights at Fairyhouse may suggest.

Carberry also looks to have an excellent chance in the handicap chase with his father Tommy's Native Status who was running on noticeably well behind An Tain Shioc and Conclave on very soft ground at Punchestown at the start of the month.

The nap, however, goes in the juvenile hurdle where Carberry is on Say Wonderful. The multi-talented rider should have to settle for a rear view of the likely winner, however, as Have Merci, owned by Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood, looks to hold excellent claims.

Jessica Harrington's filly won her opening two hurdle races like a natural and looked to have a relatively easy opportunity for a third at Listowel ruined at the first flight when knocked over by an outsider.

Have Merci's jumping ability looks good, she has the patient Conor O'Dwyer on board and should have the measure of Say Wonderful and Miss Emer's Gowran conqueror Goldanzig.

John Murtagh has his third flat championship in the bag but he can keep the momentum going with yet another double. Baniyka has taken her time to win but now that she has, she looks capable of a quick follow up in the Virginia Handicap while the stiff uphill climb at Navan should suit the top weight Robzelda in the Nursery.

Although a frustrating sort Pink Coral will rarely have a better chance than in the Kilcarn Maiden.