Gavin Cromwell is keeping his options open with Grade One ace Flooring Porter after this week’s victory at Leopardstown.
The five-year-old made it back-to-back victories when easing to a six-length triumph over The Storyteller in the Leopardstown Christmas Hurdle on Monday.
There are plenty of options on the table at the moment for Cromwell, who is understood to be considering the Galmoy Hurdle at Gowran and the Boyne Hurdle at Navan.
However, the trainer admits he could hold his stable star back until the 2021 Cheltenham Festival with the Stayers’ Hurdle in mind.
“It was great – it was a gamble supplementing him, but thankfully it paid off, and he was very good,” said Cromwell.
“He’s got a very big engine, and I was delighted. Jonny (Moore) was great on him – I was a bit concerned he’d gone off too hard, but he’d saved plenty.
“The Stayers’ Hurdle is his target now. There’s a very small chance he could go for the Galmoy Hurdle or maybe the Boyne Hurdle, but I’d say they are unlikely, and we might just go straight to Cheltenham.”
