Festival an option for Apache

Exciting novice hurdler Caracci Apache could put his unbeaten record over hurdles on the line on Festival Trials Day at Cheltenham.

Nicky Henderson’s five-year-old failed to get competitive in a couple of bumper runs last year, but has upped his game considerably over jumps.

He showed a good attitude to make a winning hurdling debut at Sandown in early December and defied a penalty in a common canter at Plumpton earlier this month.