Punchestown For Sublimity New champion hurdler Sublimity is to be aimed at the ACCBank Punchestown Champion Hurdle on April 27, trainer John Carr has revealed.There had been suggestions the seven-year-old could be put away for the remainder of the National Hunt season to be prepared for a crack at the totesport Ebor at York on the level, but for the moment those plans are on the back-burner.'He started back cantering on Monday,' Carr said.'He'll be entered for Punchestown and we'll see how we go from there. Obviously we will have to get ground similar to Cheltenham or he won't be running.'It's not that he won't go on better ground, it's just that all his good runs have been when there has been a good bit of cut.'The ground at Cheltenham was ideal for him, but on the day I don't think it would have mattered what the ground was like as he won that well.'As regards the races we mentioned last week on the Flat ? there is still a thought in our minds, but at the moment he will be trained for Punchestown over the next few weeks.'Somebody wrote the other day that he is not a true champion as he won't get that ground ever again at Cheltenham, but how do they know what the weather is going to be like next year?'Hardy Eustace and Iktitaf will be at Punchestown, I'm not sure about Brave Inca, but I can't see much else going and if he wins again there will be no questions about him.'(C) PA Sport
