Racing: New champion hurdler Sublimity is to be aimed at the Punchestown Champion Hurdle at the end of April, trainer John Carr has revealed.
There had been suggestions the seven-year-old could be put away for the remainder of the National Hunt season to be prepared for a crack at the totesport Ebor at York on the level, but for the moment those plans are on the back-burner.
"He started back cantering on Monday and he's been out second lot this morning," Carr said. "He'll be entered for Punchestown and we'll see how we go from there. Obviously we will have to get ground similar to Cheltenham or he won't be running.
"It's not that he won't go on better ground, it's just that all his good runs have been when there has been a good bit of cut. The ground at Cheltenham was ideal for him, but on the day I don't think it would have mattered what the ground was like as he won that well.
"As regards the races we mentioned last week on the Flat - there is still a thought in our minds, but at the moment he will be trained for Punchestown over the next few weeks."