Naas tips: Castra Vetera to edge rivals
Castra Vetera can come out on top in a competitive maiden hurdle. Picture: Healy Racing.
The Happy Christmas From Naas Mares’ Maiden Hurdle is the feature on this afternoon’s National Hunt card and it has the potential to be a superb race, in which Castra Vetera is marginally preferred to Royal Illussion, Delvino and Roseys Hollow.
The selection, trained by Joseph O’Brien, was a winner on her bumper debut, beating useful sorts Carrigeen Lotus and More Info quite readily. She finished in midfield second time up, in a Grade 2, but it was a slowly run race and she was never in position to produce her best.
