Aintree could be far target

Far Pavilions completed a hat-trick in impressive fashion in the Forth One Radio Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle at Musselburgh but now looks set to sidestep the Cheltenham Festival.

The Alan Swinbank-trained gelding is an entry for the JCB Triumph Hurdle at the three-day meeting but his handler is not keen on a tilt at the two-mile event.