Morris mulling World target Mouse Morris will consider dropping Rule The World back in trip for a potential second clash with The New One in next month's Doom Bar Aintree Hurdle. The seven-year-old was four lengths behind Nigel Twiston-Davies' stable star when runner-up in last year's Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, but the two have taken very different paths since. The New One has performed with great credit back over two miles this season and could be counted very unlucky when flying home to finish third in last week's Champion Hurdle, while Rule The World has bounced back from a serious injury to win two races this term, but was unable to land a serious blow over three miles in the World Hurdle, finishing sixth. The two could do battle again on Merseyside on April 3 over the intermediate distance of two and a half miles. Morris said: "He might not have got the trip on the day (in the World Hurdle). He travelled well, but he didn't seem to quicken up. "He's in both the two-and-a-half-mile race and the three-mile race (Liverpool Hurdle) at Aintree, so we'll have a look at both races nearer the time and make a decision. "It's possible (he could take on The New One). He wasn't far behind him last time. He's come out of Cheltenham in good fettle."
