Europe plans still up in air Henry de Bromhead is not ruling out a return to three miles for his Queen Mother Champion Chase hero Sizing Europe. The nine-year-old produced a superb round of jumping to secure his second Cheltenham Festival victory in March, following on from his Arkle success 12 months earlier. At the start of last season Sizing Europe was tried over staying trips, notably finishing second to the great Kauto Star at Down Royal, and he made the trip to Kempton for the King George VI Chase on Boxing Day only for racing to be abandoned. Connections decided afterwards to return to two miles for the remainder of the campaign, but that will not necessarily remain the case this season. "He's in great form and we're looking forward to getting him started again," said De Bromhead. "I'm not sure what way we're going with him just yet. We're in the process of discussing it at the moment. "Two miles, two and a half miles and maybe three miles - we just don't know is all I can say at the moment. "We have a few options regarding where he starts off. There is a two-and-a-half mile Grade Two at Gowran Park in October we could look at, or there is the two-mile seven-furlong race in Punchestown we started him off in last year. "We'll just have to see what happens."
