Noble can deliver

Noble Inn, who has been running well all season, without delivering too much, can land the nap in the P And D Lydon Plant Hire Rated Hurdle at Ballinrobe this evening.

Since arriving from France, Willie Mullins’ four-year-old has won just a single race in Ireland, a maiden hurdle on this track back in September.

That masks his talent somewhat, however, because, even though he has been beaten into second on three successive occasions, has gone down to decent horses.