Moore the merrier if Nao can win at Hereford
Invincible Nao is backed to maintain Gary
Moore’s fine run of form by landing the Read
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The six-year-old did not exactly set the world alight after switching to West Sussex on the back of an easy victory at Auteuil, with a hefty price tag of €155,000.
However, there were decent signs during the second half of last season, with a placed effort at Huntingdon followed up by a decent staying-on fourth at Kempton.
Invincible Nao was nibbled at in the betting prior to his chasing debut in mid-November but looked in need of that outing.
There was a lot to like about his next effort at Lingfield later that month, though, when finishing a close third.
That race winner has since run well enough in a higher grade at Newbury and the second went one better in a valuable mares’ event at this venue next time out, so the form appears rock-solid.
Goblet Of Fire is given another chance to show he has a decent future over jumps in the Best Odds Guaranteed At PlanetSportBet Juvenile Maiden Hurdle.
The son of Saxon Warrior won three of his last four Flat races for Nigel Tinkler before joining Nicky Henderson and was a well-backed second favourite for his National Hunt debut at Sandown.
SELECTIONS:
HEREFORD: 12.58 Libor Lad, 1.28 Goblet Of Fire, 1.58 Lightening Mahler,
2.28 Betty’s Tiara, 2.58 INVINCIBLE NAO (NAP), 3.28 A Dublin Job, 3.58 Samatian.
LINGFIELD: 11.45 Red Walls, 12.15 Jacquelina, 12.45 Morning Suit, 1.15 Desert Raider, 1.45 King Of Scotia, 2.15 Pink Lily, 2.45 See That Storm, 3.15 Mr Trick, 3.48 Louisiana Bay.
NEWCASTLE: 3.37 Spirit Of Ash, 4.10 Big Dream,
4.40 Top Gun Tina, 5.10 August, 5.40 Bystander, 6.10 Lady In Havana,
6.40 True Nation, 7.10 Enderman, 7.40 Ignac Lamar.