Trainer Warren Greatrex admits Keeper Hill will run in February as he tries to get his stable star ready for the Cheltenham Festival.
The six-year-old won four times in 2017 and is now set to run at Prestbury Park for a second time.
He finished seventh in the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle last year and ended the year with a win at Doncaster.
Greatrex has now confirmed Keeper Hill will run in the Towton Novices’ Chase at Wetherby on February 3 or the Reynoldstown at Ascot a fortnight later as he prepares to give his charge one more run before Cheltenham.
He said: “Thankfully we got the Doncaster race out of the way as I wouldn’t want to be running in this ground.
“Regarding races at Cheltenham, he will have entry in the handicaps, the RSA and the National Hunt Chase.”
