East India Dock and Burdett Road aiming for Cheltenham glory

Trained by James Owen for the Gredley family, the pair came out on top during the November meeting at Prestbury Park and a return there in March is very much the main aim.

Owner-breeder Tim Gredley said plans were fluid but the ultimate decision on where the pair go would be down to trainer Owen.

He said: “James will decide that. As long as we end up at the Triumph (with East India Dock), and I think the plan for the Festival is for both of them to have one more run between now and the Festival and then where they are, we haven’t decided yet.

“I would say more than likely we will go for the race back at Cheltenham in early January, there’s another trial there, so maybe there, but I’ll leave that to James.

“What we have said is that we want to go to the Festival and both of them have one more run, but what races there are for Burdett I don’t know yet.”