Paul Nolan has his fingers crossed Noble Prince shows no signs of his Cheltenham exertions when he returns to action in the Powers Gold Cup at Fairyhouse.
The seven-year-old has been freshened up since winning the Jewson Novices' Chase at Prestbury Park last month, and meets Realt Dubh for the third time, with Noel Meade's charge having beaten him on two occasions at Leopardstown.
"We're very pleased with him. Like all these things, you never know until you run what Cheltenham has taken out of these horses," the County Wexford trainer said of Tony McCoy's mount.
"He seems fine and hopefully all goes well. He hasn't had too busy a season so we're hoping Cheltenham hasn't taken much out of him.
"We've let him freshen up since and he seems fine, so we're letting him take his chance. We think we have him in good form and we'll see what happens."
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