Mouse Morris sets sights on Christmas date for French Dynamite

French Dynamite and Darragh O'Keeffe won the BetVictor Loyalty Club Beginners Steeplechase for Mouse Morris last week at Punchestown. Picture: Healy Racing.

Mouse Morris has the Neville Hotels Novice Chase at Leopardstown’s Christmas meeting on the agenda for French Dynamite.

The Co Tipperary trainer feels he has to step French Dynamite up in class sooner rather than later after the six-year-old got off the mark over fences at the second attempt with a convincing performance at Punchestown.