Naas Report:Chelsea Harbour leapt into the picture for the Royal and SunAlliance Chase at the Cheltenham Festival with a convincing win at Naas on Saturday.

The Tom Mullins-trained gelding was given a 33 to 1 quote for the March prize from William Hill after his five-and-a-half-length verdict over O'Muircheartaigh in the Woodlands Park 100 Club Novice Chase.

He was completing a feature-race double for Davy Russell, who had taken the preceding race on Sweet Kiln.

Romek took the the field along in the Grade Two novice chase over three miles, but was joined at the fourth-last by Chelsea Harbour, who steadily increased his advantage over the remaining obstacles and was never in any danger.

Mullins said: "I was thrilled with him - I thought the three miles would be a help. Davy is getting used to him now, they are a good partnership and hopefully they can keep it going.

"The owner would like to go to Cheltenham or Aintree and he's in that picture now. We will have to think about Cheltenham now and he could be pitched into the SunAlliance.

"He'll have a little bit of a rest. I think he likes that heavy ground, although it's possible he goes on all sorts."

Russell had earlier made all the running on Sweet Kiln, who ran her rivals into the ground to register her first success for two years in the Bank Of Ireland Hurdle.

Russell was always dictating affairs on the mare, owned and trained by James Bowe, and never looked like surrendering the lead.

Studmaster tried to make an effort from the second last, but the 9 to 10 favourite was kept up to her work to win by 12 lengths. Baron De Feypo was third.

Michael Bowe, son and assistant to the winning trainer, said: "She did it well and jumped well. We'll have a look and see where we go next - she might go for the Boyne Hurdle at Navan."

Barry Geraghty enjoyed a 48½ to 1 brace courtesy of Druids Castle for Joseph Crowley in the EBF Maiden Hurdle and the Jessica Harrington-trained Albanov in the Irish Racing Writers Novice Hurdle.

n Officials at Leicester have been forced to abandon tomorrow's card following an inspection yesterday. The track has been hit by heavy rain this month and the track is currently waterlogged in places with no sign of an improvement in the weather.

Clerk of the course Jimmy Stevenson admitted they were left with little option: "Out of the last 23 days we have had only three with no rain falling."