The 2021 Champion Bumper winner stretched out to two miles and five furlongs to claim the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle at Prestbury Park this year, and it was thought that the point-to-point winner’s future would lie over the larger obstacles.

However, Mullins has confessed views in the Closutton camp are split over which direction the son of Jeremy should head this season, and a novice chasing campaign is far from certain.