Cheltenham will play host to the rescheduled Peterborough Chase on Friday and, on the same day, Punchestown will stage a replacement meeting to compensate for the races lost there on Sunday.

Nicky Henderson has confirmed he won't be entering Altior for the rescheduled Peterborough Chase at Cheltenham. After withdrawing the horse from the Tingle Creek at Sandown on Saturday due to ground conditions, Henderson suggested he would be tempted to run the horse in the Peterborough Chase if it was moved to Taunton, as it was a few years ago.

“Altior won’t be entered, he wouldn’t want two and a half miles around Cheltenham. He’ll go to Kempton at Christmas,” said Henderson.

“The other day I was thinking it was only two-three at Taunton a few years ago, but I was wrong. That would have made my ears prick on good ground, but he wouldn’t want that trip at Cheltenham.

“Top Notch will definitely run and Mister Fisher will have the option of the Peterborough and the Caspian Caviar on Saturday, I’ll have to speak to his owners.

“Very well done to everybody involved at the British Horseracing Authority and Jockey Club for getting the race reorganised, it is much appreciated. Especially when there is already a valuable race over the same trip at the same meeting.”

He added: “Ground will be very important to Mister Fisher, if it was good ground forecast for Friday and there was rain due Saturday, it would make me want to run on Friday even more.”

Fresh entries for the race will close at midday on Tuesday, with declarations at the 48-hour stage the following morning as normal.

The Henrietta Knight Mares’ National Hunt Flat Race, which carries Listed status, has also been saved from Sunday’s Huntingdon meeting and will be run at the Cambridgeshire track on December 22nd.

Following the cancellation of the final four races at Punchestown on Sunday due to dense fog, Horse Racing Ireland announced on Monday that a replacement meeting will take place at Punchestown on Friday to include those four races plus two additional contests.

This meeting will close for entries by noon on Tuesday. The time of the first race will be at 12.25pm, unless there is a divide to form a seven-race card, in which case racing will start at 11.50am.