Dan Skelton is leaning towards Aintree rather than Cheltenham for Kabral Du Mathan.
The exciting six-year-old made it two from two for his current trainer with a stylish victory in the Relkeel at Cheltenham on New Year’s Day.
He’s as low as 6/1 for the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle off the back of the performance but is likely to stay at two-and-a-half miles with the National Spirit seen as an ideal stepping stone to the Aintree Hurdle in the spring.
Speaking to ITV Racing from Sandown on Saturday, Skelton said: “He came out of the Relkeel very well. I think Plan A is we go to Fontwell and then Aintree, but we will enter him at Cheltenham just in case.”
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