Champion Hurdle hero Katchit is set for a surprise outing at Wincanton this weekend after being given an entry in the totescoop6 Elite Hurdle on Saturday.

Alan King's diminutive five-year-old was beaten into second by Snap Tie on his return to action at Kempton and the immediate thoughts of connections were to head straight back to Cheltenham for the Boylesports.com International Hurdle.

However, King is thrilled with the current condition of the five-year-old and believes he could run at the weekend before returning to Prestbury Park in December.

"He is entered at Wincanton. It wasn't really the plan but he has come out of Kempton so well and it is a long wait until the Boylesports, so I thought we might as well have a crack and the plan is to run," said King.

"If he hadn't been ready for Kempton we would have gone to Wincanton anyway.

"I was very pleased with him at Kempton. Philip's (Hobbs) horse is obviously very good and the track and ground would have been quick enough.

"If you look back to his juvenile days he seems to improve for racing so he might as well run than me chase him around the hill at Barbury Castle."

King also had news about My Way De Solzen, who bruised the inside of a suspensory ligament recently and will not be seen in action until the Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon later next month.

"He had a setback about three to four weeks ago so we have been taking it easy with him. He is back trotting again but it was going to be a rush to get him ready for the Tingle Creek," the trainer continued.

"I'm not saying the Peterborough will be an easier race but two and a half miles around Huntingdon will suit him well. The Peterborough will be the starting point but I may drop him back in trip after that.

"I have no doubt I ran him in the wrong race first time out last year (Betfair Chase) and I should have run him in the Peterborough then. I still think he is the best horse I have trained and we just need to get him back.

"I honestly do not think he is a three-miler and I chose the wrong race for him last season when he was not 100 per cent fit."

King's Grade One winning hurdler Blazing Bailey won on the level at Newbury at the end of October and will return to obstacles in the Long Distance Hurdle at Newbury on November 29.

"He has come out of the Newbury race really well. We went there for the better ground and he will now go for the big hurdle race at the Hennessy meeting," King added.