Nigel Twiston-Davies intends to run The New One in the reopened StanJames.com Champion Hurdle Trial at Haydock on Saturday - if the meeting survives the weather.
The talented seven-year-old claimed an easy victory in the inaugural Betfair Price Rush Hurdle at Haydock in November.
He subsequently beat Vaniteux in the International Hurdle at Cheltenham, with Twiston-Davies later nominating Haydock as a likely target.
The going at the Merseyside venue is currently heavy and some 30 millimetres of rain is forecast before the weekend, with snow also a possibility.
But Twiston-Davies said: "It is still our intention to take him to Haydock this weekend.
"If the meeting is on, he will run."
