Poniros team eyeing possible tilt at Champion Hurdle

Poniros and Jonjo O’Neill (centre) win the JCB Triumph Hurdle. Pic: Healy Racing

Poniros is likely to take up his engagement in the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival after finishing a creditable third in the Irish equivalent at Leopardstown.

The Willie Mullins-trained five-year-old was beaten 14 and a half lengths by Gordon Elliott’s Brighterdaysahead at the Dublin Racing Festival on Sunday, with Lossiemouth splitting them.