Apple's Jade winning at Navan last month© Photo Healy Racing
Apple's Jade could be set for a surprise appearance at Leopardstown over Christmas.
Following her scintillating win in the Hatton's Grace Hurdle it was thought she would not be seen until January.
However, the three-mile Squared Financial Christmas Hurdle is now on the agenda for Gordon Elliott's mare.
"I think there's a fair chance she'll go to Leopardstown, all going well, and if she does it will probably be for the three-mile. If she does run at Leopardstown she'll then go straight to Cheltenham, " said Eddie O'Leary, racing manager for owners Gigginstown House Stud.
"We're fairly sure two and a half miles is her correct trip. There's either the two-mile or the three-mile at Leopardstown. And she will probably have to go for the three-mile, all going well."
While the Leopardstown meeting will not surprisingly take priority over the goings on at Kempton, one horse in the mix for the King George VI Chase over the water is Noel Meade's Disko, after a minor problem ruled him out of the John Durkan.
"The King George is an option for Disko. He had a sore foot last week that meant missing the Durkan, if that's okay Kempton is definitely an option for him. Road To Riches is in the two races as well," said O'Leary in the Irish Times.
