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Gordon Elliott outlines festive plans for his stars

Gordon Elliott's rising star Brighterdaysahead is likely to line up for the December Hurdle at Leopardstown next, but the Mares’ Hurdle route still looks to beckon come Cheltenham.

The five-year-old has been beaten only once in nine runs under rules, when second to Golden Ace at the Festival last season, and outside of that loss has an impressive record over trips varying from two miles to two miles and five furlongs.

She signed off last season with a Group One win in the Mersey Novices’ Hurdle, and this term took the Grade Three Bottlegreen Hurdle at Down Royal before claiming a notable scalp in the shape of State Man when landing the Morgiana.

Leopardstown’s December Hurdle on the 28th is her intended next start, with the Mares’ Hurdle then looking the more tempting avenue at the Cheltenham Festival, despite her defeat of the reigning Champion Hurdle hero.

"She’s in at Leopardstown, she’s in the two and the three mile. The plan is two but we never say never, so we’ll leave her in everything and have a chat with Michael and Eddie (O’Leary, owners) and see what we do," Elliott told Sky Sports Racing.

"I’d imagine we’ll head for the two-mile race, we’ll have to take on State Man again and he’d be very hard to beat, but it’s the obvious route for us to go and then onto the Mares’ Hurdle at Cheltenham, all being well."

Of his reasoning for favouring the Mares’ Hurdle, the trainer singled out the Willie Mullins-trained current Champion Hurdle co-favourite Lossiemouth.

He said: "There’s a mare called Lossiemouth…I’m a big believer in running in the races you can win.

"If I’m at Cheltenham on the Tuesday after winning the Mares’ Hurdle and she won 10 lengths and something happened to Lossiemouth or State Man, you’d be a bit

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