SIR Gerhard successfully reverted to hurdles on this mainly Tote-sponsored card and looks set to bid for a third Cheltenham Festival victory in March with the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle now the likely target.

The Cheveley Park-owned gelding, winner of the Festival Bumper in 2021 and the Ballymore Novice Hurdle the following year, won only one of his five starts over fences and fell on his reappearance at Naas last month.