Reve De Sivola could take on Solwhit and Quevega on their home soil next month as the horse’s owner admitted that Ladbrokes World Series Hurdle at Punchestown on April 25 is likely to be his next race.

We last saw the French gelding finishing fourth in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at Cheltenham, a race that Solwhit of course ended up winning.

Quevega was also a winner at the Festival last week as Willie Mullins’ mare won the OLBG Mares' Hurdle for the fifth time in a row.

It seemed as though a tough run in the Cleeve Hurdle on Cheltenham Festival Trial Day took its toll on Reve De Sivola and he struggled to keep up with Solwhit in the closing stages.

Now though, he is set to have another four weeks or so resting before heading to Punchestown.

He could then head into the French Champion Hurdle in June, but one thing Paul Hunter, the horse’s owner has said is that Aintree’s meeting next month is out of the question.

"We are looking at Punchestown probably next. He's won and been placed there. Aintree is definitely out. We're not considering going there.

"Then we'll see how he might come out of that before we think of the French race. You have to be careful of the ground at Auteuil. It can be very sunny there at that time of year.”

When looking at a betting offer or two for this talented hurdler, he is already being offered at 25/1 with StanJames to win the World Hurdle at the Festival next year.

Connections of Reve De Sivola won’t be thinking of Cheltenham just yet, but you can be sure he will head to the famous meeting as long as he continues his fine form over hurdles in the next twelve months.

Nicky Henderson has the current favourite for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, which as we all know is Bobs Worth.

However, it is worth keeping an eye on the highly-rated trainer’s other big contender, Long Run, as he is a horse full of talent and knows what it takes to win at the Festival.

Many will remember his excellent run in the 2011 Gold Cup of course and as he is the only previous winner involved in this year’s encounter, 5/1 might be excellent odds from Betfred.

Long Run competed in this race last year, but could only manage a third place finish, which would have disappointed Henderson as he was at 13/8 to win the encounter.

However, the classy jumper comes into this one with the pressure off him as he isn’t Henderson’s biggest contender.

Sam Whaley-Cohen is going to be the man partnering the horse in this race and the jockey will be desperate to win here as he hasn’t claimed a victory at Cheltenham this time out.

Whaley-Cohen he isn’t going to get a better chance to win such a prestigious event and will do all he can to make sure Long Run puts in one of the best performances of his life.

We last saw the 2011 Gold Cup winner coming out on top at Kempton on Boxing Day in the King George VI Chase, which is considered one of the biggest races on the National Hunt calendar. Whaley-Cohen was steering him on that day as well, so these two do have a good relationship.

In terms of some other betting offers for Long Run, backing him to record a place finish might prove to be the best way to go and he is currently a5 4/5 with Bet365 to do just that.

He has the talent, but is Long Run able to produce another big performance when it matters?