Irish raider Pittoni is set to contest the StanJames.com International Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday.
Charles Byrnes' five-year-old was third behind Thousand Stars and Oscars Well on his latest start in the Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown.
Byrnes said: "The plan is for Pittoni to travel over for the StanJames.com International.
"I thought that he ran up to his handicap mark in the Morgiana Hurdle. He won a Grade One as a juvenile but it wasn't the greatest race in the world and he's probably up to being a Grade Two hurdler at the moment. He's a bit behind the likes of Thousand Stars.
"His form has mainly been on heavy or soft ground but I am sure that he will have no problem with good going and he heads to Cheltenham in good order."
