Racing: War Of Attrition will round off a memorable season by competing in the Guinness Gold Cup at the Punchestown Festival.
Mouse Morris' Cheltenham Gold Cup hero will swerve Aintree and instead take his chance in the Grade One contest in Ireland on April 26th.
"War Of Attrition came out of Cheltenham in great fettle and we've decided on the Guinness Gold Cup as his final start of the campaign," reported the Co Tipperary handler.
"The Gold Cup second Hedgehunter is heading for Aintree, while the third, Forget The Past, is reportedly going for the Irish National, so who knows if one or both of them will be taking War Of Attrition on again?
"We don't mind one way or another, but it would be ideal if our horse were to have an easy enough race to round off the season," Morris told the Racing Post.