What they say: 'He's a strong stayer and this is a logical target'

Joseph O'Brien, trainer of Eric Bloodaxe
The Albert Bartlett looks the logical target for him so he's an intended runner. He looked a strong stayer at Limerick over Christmas. There's been nothing amiss since his run at Leopardstown last time and he's training well.

Dermot Weld, trainer of Falcon Eight
No decision has been made yet as to whether he'll run; we'll keep an open mind about it. If the ground were to come up heavy I don't think he'd take his chance. I thought it was a good, workmanlike performance last time at Thurles on only his second start over hurdles.

Henry de Bromhead, trainer of Grand Jury, Journey With Me and Shantreusse
Grand Jury was a bit disappointing at the Dublin Racing Festival and nothing obvious has shown up since. I'm not sure he'll travel to Cheltenham this year; we'll make a call closer to the time. I'd say we're probably leaning towards the Ballymore for Journey With Me but there's nothing set in stone yet and he's in the Albert Bartlett too. We were delighted with Shantreusse at Clonmel last week. He looks a real stayer and hopefully he'll go for the Albert Bartlett.