Hardy Eustace is likely to run in the three-mile Dunboyne Castle Hotel & Spa Champion Stayers’ Hurdle at Punchestown – rather than take on the crack two-milers in the ACCBank Champion Hurdle.

Nicanor followed up his Cheltenham Festival success in gritty style when taking the Grade One Dunboyne Castle Hotel & Spa Champion Novice Hurdle on the final day of the Punchestown Festival.