Clonmel tips: Step up in trip ideal for Trust Me Nate
PROMISING SORT: Trust Me Nate, nearside, ran a huge race in defeat when second to Paul Marvel at Limerick last time out. He can go one better at Clonmel on Thursday. Picture: Healy Racing
Modest fare as the focus is very much on the Cheltenham Festival but Gordon Elliott’s team appears to be hitting top form at the right time and he can add another to his domestic tally by taking Thursday afternoon’s Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle with Trust Me Nate.
The gelding cut little ice in bumpers but showed a little more on his hurdling debut in December. On the back of that, he was a leading fancy in a modest-looking maiden at Limerick and ran a fine race to finish runner-up to Paul Marvel, the pair a long way clear of the remainder.
