Kinloch Brae next for Don Don Cossack is set to have his last run before the Cheltenham Festival in the Kinloch Brae Chase at Thurles on January 15. The eight-year-old has been in tremendous form this campaign winning his last three starts, culminating in the Grade One John Durkan Chase at Punchestown. "He's in great form and will go for the race in Thurles, the Kinloch Brae in the middle of January all being well. If all goes OK there he'll go to Cheltenham," trainer Gordon Elliott told At The Races. "He's stronger this year, he's finishing out his races well and we're delighted the way things are going." The Festival target for Don Cossack, owned by Gigginstown House Stud, has yet to be confirmed. He is prominent in the ante-post betting for both the Ryanair Chase and the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup.
