Easywork faces different test in Chanelle Pharma

Gordon Elliott is double-handed in the Chanelle Pharma Novice Hurdle with the Gigginstown-owned pair Conflated and Easywork

Easywork is very much the stable’s main contender following a 22-length victory at Limerick over the festive period.

Gigginstown racing manager Eddie O’Leary, who confirmed Abacadabras will head straight to the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, said: “Easywork won well over two and a half miles on very heavy ground in Limerick over Christmas.

“There’s no two-and-a-half-mile race for him this weekend, so we’re running over two miles and we’ll see how we go. Hopefully the ground is soft enough for him.”

Willie Mullins is represented by the trio of Asterion Forlonge Mt Leinster and Blue Sari while Henry De Bromhead’s Jason The Militant and John Ryan’s outsider The Little Yank also run.