Colour Squadron will bid to enhance his Cheltenham Festival claims by securing another victory over hurdles at Newbury on Friday.
The Philip Hobbs-trained six-year-old beat the talented Montbazon at the Berkshire track in December and confirmed that promise with a tremendous run in defeat in the Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown, going down by only a short-head to Captain Conan.
The latter let the form down with a no-show in Ireland at the weekend, but Hobbs remains positive about Colour Squadron's prospects for next month's Supreme Novices' Hurdle.
"Richard (Johnson) actually just schooled him and the plan is to run him at Newbury on Friday. A little more experience wouldn't do him any harm," said Hobbs.
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