Ptit Zig to stay over hurdles this season

Ptit Zig is set to stay over hurdles for the remainder of this season following a fair effort in defeat in the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham.

The seven-year-old has a clutch of Grade Two successes over fences to his name but following a couple of blunders on his two most recent chase outings, connections switched back to the smaller obstacles.

While the Paul Nicholls-trained Ptit Zig finished some 12 lengths adrift of effortless winner Thistlecrack, part-owner Barry Fulton thought the experience could well sharpen him up for a possible tilt at next month’s World Hurdle.