Gordon Elliott is seriously considering a tilt at the Betdaq Punchestown Champion Hurdle with Cheltenham hero Labaik.

The enigmatic grey looked to be wasting his considerable talent after refusing to race on multiple occasions, but put his best foot forward to run out a brilliant winner of the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at last month's Cheltenham Festival.

He has the option of sticking to novice company in the Herald Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown in a fortnight's time, but Elliott is not ruling out letting his six-year-old take on more experienced horses in the feature event on Friday, April 28.

"We never made a secret about how good we thought the horse was before Cheltenham, he just wasn't brilliant at jumping off (at the start) sometimes," said Elliott.

"We've put him in the Champion Hurdle at Punchestown and that's a possibility.

"He's definitely running at Punchestown so if he doesn't go for that race he'll line up in the Herald Champion Novice Hurdle on the opening day.

"He's in great form. He just does what he has to do at home and I'm looking forward to his next run."