Think Team Eye Deloitte Prize

Connections of Whatuthink hope his performance in the Deloitte Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday will guide them towards his Cheltenham objective.

The six-year-old, trained by Oliver McKiernan, holds entries in the Anglo Irish Bank Supreme Novices' Hurdle and the Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle.

He showed his class when beating Forpadydeplasterer and Cork All Star over two miles at the Dublin track six weeks ago but there is an extra two furlongs to travel this time.

"He came out of the race well. He seems to be 100% at the minute. We thought we'd let him take his chance," said McKiernan's assistant, Adrian Keatley.

"It might be a little but close to Cheltenham, but he's come out of his races well enough so we'll take our chance.

"I'd say the main danger would be the horse that finished second to us (Forpadydeplasterer).

"He ran novicey that day and it was only his second run over hurdles.

"He hung in behind our fellow and if he can cut that out he'd be the one we are all going to have to beat this time.

"Our fellow seems to stay well. He won a bumper over two miles three in bottomless ground at Naas last year and he showed all the signs of a stayer.

"Hopefully he'll go to Cheltenham, but we don't know which race yet.

"We have him in the two novice races but we have to wait on the ground conditions and how he fares on Sunday."

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