Thursday 18 December 2014 14:49, UK
Alvarado, fourth in the Crabbie's Grand National in April, will have his season built around a return to Aintree.
Trained by Fergal O'Brien, the nine-year-old is due to return to action at Cheltenham next month, with a run over hurdles before the big one next April a possibility.
O'Brien said: "He had a very hard race at Aintree and the Ruckers (owners), who have forgotten more about the game than I know, wanted to give him a long summer off.
"We'll build his season around the one race as he took to it well last year.
"We'll start him back at Cheltenham at the end of January, maybe give him a run over hurdles after that to take the freshness out of him before Aintree.
"We had a lot of luck with him last year and we'll hope for some more this year."
