Barters Hill, arguably the best chance of a British-trained winner in the novice hurdles at Cheltenham against the Willie Mullins battalion, will tune up at Doncaster this weekend.
Trainer Ben Pauling had also given his stable star an option over two and a half miles at Cheltenham on Saturday in the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle.
However, he has opted instead to head north for Doncaster in the race better know as the River Don, now run as the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle over three miles, in the hope of getting better ground.
Pauling tweeted: "Looking at the weather forecast for the next few days I have decided Barters Hill will run at @DoncasterRaces for his @cheltenham prep run."
Barters Hill has already won a Grade One this season, when powering away with the Challow Hurdle at Newbury.