Sunday 20 January 2013 12:18, UK
Long Run could be sporting a pair of cheekpieces when he bids to regain his crown in the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup in March.
"We are thinking whether to run him before the Gold Cup and we haven't decided yet - with this snow it's hard to make any decisions. "There's the Denman Chase at Newbury. He won it last year and broke the track record. That has to be a possibility but I wouldn't say he was certain to run in it."