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Joseph O'Brien reports Edwulf in good heart two weeks on from his heroic victory in the Irish Gold Cup but a decision on his participation at Cheltenham will not be made until closer to the Festival.
The JP McManus-owned gelding produced a fairytale comeback to take the feature contest at the inaugural Dublin Racing Festival, having come close to death when collapsing at Prestbury Park last March.
Not surprisingly, O'Brien is taking a cautious approach with the nine-year-old and will see how he is closer to the Timico Cheltenham Gold Cup before committing him to a challenge.
"He seems to have come out of the race well," said O'Brien.
"I'll have to speak to Frank (Berry) and JP and see what the plan is. Obviously if he was to go to Cheltenham, the Gold Cup is the obvious race for him.
"To be honest, the most important thing with him was to see how he was a couple of weeks afterwards.
"He's entered in those races so we don't have to make that decision for another two weeks really.
"We'll see what the ground is like and see what our other options are. There are plenty of things we can do with him if we don't go there."
