Wednesday 22 October 2014 15:27, UK
Taquin Du Seuil is likely to swerve the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham in preference for the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby on Saturday week.
The Jonjo O'Neill-trained Festival winner is, alongside Oscar Whisky, the sponsors' 7-1 joint-favourite for the esteemed handicap at Cheltenham on November 15.
But connections intimated that Taquin Du Seuil is instead poised to head to Yorkshire for the first major prize of the jumps season.
Steve Broughton, part-owner of last season's JLT Novices' Chase winner, said: ``We're probably going to put him in the Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby as we want to see if he gets three miles.
``We'd love to have a crack at the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Charlie Hall would seem the best way to see if that is feasible.
``It's not 100 per cent, but the aim is the Charlie Hall.''
