O'Neill looking forward to National

Jonjo O’Neill has confirmed that Paul Carberry has been booked to ride Joss Naylor as he issued an unusually upbeat report on both his intended runners in Saturday’s Martell Cognac Grand National.

Carberry has never ridden the Be My Native gelding in any of his 14 career starts, but O’Neill has every faith that the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup runner-up will acquit himself well in the four-and-a-half-mile marathon.