The vibes I am getting is that more and more this looks like being Get Me Out Of Here's Festival objective and he will be popular each-way if that is the case as he has the rating already in the bag to win most renewals of this race.

Peddlers Cross will not be lining up here as the Neptune has been mentioned by his trainer as his target and Henry De Bromhead also intimated the Neptune is where he would prefer to run Loosen My Load both of which would have been big players for a place here if taking their chance.

Paul Nicholls has confirmed his representative will be Pepe Simo rather than Ghizao who also heads to the Neptune but I really can not see him being good enough and the same is true of Salden Licht who was a big disappointment in the Dovecote so I imagine if he runs anywhere at the Festival, it will now be in the County Hurdle. Flat Out is a second Willie Mullins to consider in addition to Blackstairmountain as he won on his hurdling debut at Punchestown just over a week ago in a time seven seconds faster than

Won In the Dark recorded in another race on the same day and he has won again since and wasn't disgraced in last season's Champion Hurdle. According to Mullins he is bound for this race and his prominent style of racing is well suited to the race.