Colin Tizzard plans to give Cue Card one more outing before having a tilt at the Arkle Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival.
The high-class hurdler recorded his second victory from four starts over fences with an impressive performance at Newbury on Saturday, beating exciting novices For Non Stop and Walkon comfortably.
The six-year-old has been competing over longer distances so far this season, but Tizzard plans to bring his charge back to two miles (3200m) for one of the hottest Arkles in recent memory.
“He’s come out of the race absolutely fine and I was delighted with him,” Tizzard said.
“I thought he ran a very similar race to how he ran at Newbury the time before. He got touched off last time and this time he won.
“He’ll be coming back to the minimum trip now and the Arkle looks the race to target with him. They’ll go flat out, so it will be almost like a two-and-a-half-mile (4000m) race anyway.
“I haven’t a clue where he’ll run next. I’d imagine he’ll just have one more run before Cheltenham and it will be around the end of January, start of February.
“That will mean he’ll have had five runs over fences before Cheltenham, which should be enough experience for him.”
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