Nicholls may rethink plans

See more business seems all set to bypass Chepstow's Coral Rehearsal Chase in December following victory in Saturday's Peterhouse…

See more business seems all set to bypass Chepstow's Coral Rehearsal Chase in December following victory in Saturday's Peterhouse Group Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby.

Trainer Paul Nicholls had intended taking in the Rehearsal Chase as part of See More Business' build-up to a second victory in the Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup but after his exciting win at Wetherby the trainer is in favour of a rethink.

Nicholls will discuss the nine-year-old's next race with joint-owners Paul Barber and John Keighley in the next few days but his next appearance is likely to be in either the Pertemps King George VI Chase at Kempton or Leopardstown's Ericsson Chase in December .

Nicholls stated yesterday morning: "See More Business is in cracking form after yesterday's win and obviously I couldn't be more pleased with him but where he runs next will all depend on the ground as I won't be running him on a bog.

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"I will discuss everything with Paul and John sometime during this week and we will map out our future strategy with the horse because, after all, a repeat success in the Gold Cup at Cheltenham next March is our main target.

"My thought at present for the horse is to either go for the King George or the Ericsson Chase around Christmas."

Legendary Australian trainer Bart Cummings looks likely to wave goodbye to this century by adding to his incredible 10 Foster's Melbourne Cup successes when he saddles Rogan Josh in the Group One event at Flemington in the early hours of tomorrow morning.