If it's novice chasing that turns you on, then there is no other place to be tomorrow than Naas, where Sackville and Knife Edge put their Cheltenham credentials to the test.

There's no doubt about these two being the best young steeplechasers in the country, and Sackville, for one, should have little difficulty winning the Nas Na Riogh before tackling the more onerous job of beating Bacchanal and Shotgun Willy in the SunAlliance.

Knife Edge, though, faces anything but an exercise workout in the £45,000 Newlands Chase. The bookies believe he is the most potent Arkle Trophy threat to Best Mate, and if Knife Edge can comfortably beat the likes of Ferbet Junior and Moscow Express, those bookies will have a point.

Both those horses are tough, hardened campaigners, but Knife Edge is going for five in a row here and has hardly been stretched in his chase starts to date. That could change tomorrow, however, and while he will probably be a short price to complete the five-timer Knife Edge could find Rathbawn Prince too hard a nut to crack.

The Dessie Hughes runner has 2lb in hand of the best of the rest that are rated in the race and is using this contest as a warm up for a likely tilt at the Cathcart. The two miles is short of his best, but it's possible to argue the three miles of the Hennessy was too far in his last race and he still ran a blinder until a mistake at the third last.

Rathbawn Prince does have a touch of class, will like any more drying in the ground and could be a touch of value to beat the young pretender.

It's not just the chasers that are using Naas as a last pit-stop before the festival. The Johnstown Novice Hurdle features a number of SunAlliance Hurdle hopes, including Harbour Pilot who could be the joker in the Irish pack.

The Noel Meade runner has always been highly rated and was clearly not right when behind Risk Accessor here. The Roche runner opposes again, and another runner is Macs Gildoran, who gets 7lb from Harbour Pilot and comes here on the back of a good run.

Those factors can swing it the way of the Mullins horse, who stumbled after the last when behind the Supreme Hurdle favourite at Fairyhouse and whose potential has allowed Mullins release Be My Royal for Stayers' Hurdle duty at the festival.

As bumpers go, the last race tomorrow looks a little jewel of the type. A number of big reputations are about to be blown out of the water, but maybe the one to survive will be Ballykettrail, who should improve significantly from a debut third to Davenport Milenium. Mr Red Banner can continue on his merry winning way in the handicap hurdle; and the Arthur Moore-Conor O'Dwyer team are taken to double up with Penny Native and the ex-French Tiger In The Woods.