Racing: John Joseph Murphy will wait as long as possible before deciding on which engagement Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Newmill will take up at the weekend.
The nine-year-old is entered in both the Normans Grove Chase at Fairyhouse on Sunday and also the Bank Of Ireland Hurdle at Naas a day earlier.
Murphy has no particular preference for either race though, and he will make a decision based on which venue has the better ground.
"Unfortunately, we are no nearer a decision as to where he will run," said Murphy. "We won't know until declaration time where the better ground is and that is going to determine where he goes.
"Both races look very difficult so we will not be choosing the 'easy' option anyway. There is no point running him on bottomless ground because we know he doesn't act on it."
At present, conditions are slightly better at Naas which is officially described as soft to heavy while it is heavy at Fairyhouse.
"He's in good form and we would like to run him but he won't go on heavy ground," Murphy added. "I have said before that it wouldn't worry us if he went to Cheltenham without another run but it would be nice if we could get one into him."
Newmill is currently a general 4-1 chance to repeat his victory of last year in the Queen Mother in March.