Hanlon has likely Lad for Aintree

Luska Lad will not run in Friday’s rearranged Galmoy Hurdle and will also skip Cheltenham, according to his trainer John Hanlon.

The consistent seven-year-old will instead be aimed at the Red Mills Hurdle at Gowran, where he is likely to face Dunguib, and then go to Liverpool for the Aintree Hurdle.