Open Eagle© Photo Healy Racing
Open Eagle could return to Warwick for his next start in a bid to confirm his Cheltenham Festival target.
A high-profile purchase for the Supreme Horse Racing Club after winning the 2014 November Handicap for David O'Meara in facile fashion, he has won one of his four starts over timber.
Second to Supreme Novices' Hurdle fancy Altior at Kempton on Boxing Day before chasing home stablemate Thomas Hobson at Warwick last time, he has some decent form in the book and his next run will tell connections whether he should be aimed at one of Cheltenham's major novice prizes or switch to handicap company.
"He might go back to Warwick on Saturday week for a novice hurdle," said Supreme racing manager Steve Massey.
"He made up a lot of ground there last time. Thomas Hobson went a long way clear, then at the last it looked like we might win, but Thomas Hobson picked up again.
"He's beaten some good horses at Kempton and Warwick - he finished in front of horses rated 140 at Kempton yet he's rated 137, which is OK.
"The novice entries are closing and he'll have entries in those, but we'll see how he gets on next time before we make any firm plans.
"I think he wants a bit better ground. He may have won on heavy on the Flat, but Flat heavy and Jumps heavy are two completely different things."
