Thursday 29 October 2015 15:41, UK
Coneygree looks set to make his seasonal reappearance in the 188Bet Future Stars Chase at Sandown on November 8.
The Cheltenham Gold Cup winner is likely to bypass the Colin Parker Memorial Intermediate Chase at Carlisle on Sunday for which he currently holds an entry.
Connections are leaning towards giving their stable star his first run of the campaign nearer home, as long as conditions are suitable at the Surrey venue.
If that goes well, trainer Mark Bradstock will prepare Coneygree for the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury on November 28 which his half-brother Carruthers won in 2011.
"He is more likely to go to Sandown. Ground permitting, we'll head there," said trainer Mark Bradstock.
"He's in very good form."
