Gary Moore does not feel it necessary to give Ar Mad a competitive start on a left-handed track ahead of his tilt at the Arkle Trophy at Cheltenham.
The six-year-old has confirmed himself one of the country's leading novice chasers by completing a hat-trick of victories at Sandown and Kempton this winter, but both of those venues are right-handed.
His only start over fences on a left-handed track was on his introduction at Plumpton, where he finished a disappointing sixth of eight runners.
Moore will give his charge some experience of jumping left-handed between now and the Festival in March - but not in a race.
He said: " He won't run left-handed (before Cheltenham), he will go somewhere to school left-handed instead.
"Apart from the Kingmaker, there's not much for him, and I don't really fancy that.
"He's fine, but he only started trotting again on Monday."