Racing: Brother for Stayers'?

Philip Hobbs today dropped a firm hint that Brother Joe, who has a handful of entries at the meeting, would tackle the Bonusprint Stayers’ Hurdle at next week’s Cheltenham Festival.

Brother Joe, owned by Sir Robert Ogden, also holds the Smurfit Champion Hurdle engagement, along with the Coral Eurobet Cup, but Hobbs said: ‘‘A final decision will be made by Mr Ogden but at this stage we are leaning towards running Brother Joe in the Stayers’ if the ground is good.’’