Chasing highly unlikely for Buck's Owner Andy Stewart says it's 'highly unlikely' his unbeaten hurdler Big Buck's will ever go chasing again. The eight-year-old has won ten consecutive races over timber and goes for his third Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March. The Cadoudal gelding was bought to go two-mile chasing but trainer Paul Nicholls performed a masterstroke when reverting to the smaller obstacles after the horse unseated Sam Thomas in the 2008 Hennessy Gold Cup. Regularly linked with a return to fences and thought of as the natural successor to stablemates Kauto Star and Denman in staying chases, Big Buck's looks set to be given the chance to dominate the long-distance hurdle division for years to come. "I think it will be highly unlikely that while he's at the top of his game as far as hurdling is concerned you'll see him over fences," said Stewart. "We're going to try and keep on winning the Ladbrokes World Hurdle and it's highly unlikely you'll see him chasing next year. I would say it would be 50-50 for him never to jump a fence again. There's only so many races in a horse and we're going to keep it down to four a season. "As long as everything goes well we'll go to Cheltenham, we'll go to Liverpool and we'll start again next year at Newbury on Hennessy day." Big Buck's is 4/7 with the sponsors to complete a hat-trick in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle in March.
