RHYTHM’S IN FESTIVAL MIX

POETIC RHYTHM will step up to three miles for the first time when he contests the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham next month.

Fergal O’Brien landed his first Grade 1 prize when the seven-year-old won the Challow Hurdle at Newbury in December.

The Naunton handler said: “We have got him going again — if we get him there fit and well he will give a good account of himself.”