Navan next for Rambler Noel Meade is targeting the Grade 2 Navan Novice Hurdle with The Mourne Rambler, early next month. The Champion Bumper winner made a successful start over hurdles when scoring at Naas last Sunday and will take a step up in class now in the two-and-a-half mile contest. He had to knuckle down in the closing stages to get the job down on his first outing over timber, after an error at the final flight, and Meade said at Dundalk last night:- "He did make a mistake at the last but he jumped brilliantly throughout. He won it easily. "He has come out of the race well. "We are thinking of going up in trip at Navan on December 5th for a two-and-a-half mile novice hurdle."
