Big Buck's will go straight for World Hurdle - Nicholls

Big Buck's: will follow the same route Paul Nicholls mapped out last year

  PICTURE: Patrick McCann (racingpost.com/photos)  Big Buck's heads straight for Festival - Nicholls
 By Racing Post staff 1:14PM 4 JAN2011 BIG BUCK'S, the odds-on favourite for the Ladbrokes World Hurdle, will sidestep a bid for the Betfair Cleeve Hurdle and head straight to the Cheltenham Festival, trainer Paul Nicholls has revealed.

RELATED LINKS World Hurdle betting Free bets  Nicholls on Tuesday said that he had opted to give the two-time World Hurdle winner a break before his attempt at a third consecutive win in the Grade 1 staying hurdle championship, for which he is a 4-7 shot.

 

The move reflects the campaign Nicholls mapped out for Big Buck's last year, who followed his win in the Long Walk Hurdle in December with victories at Cheltenham in March and Aintree in April.

The trainer said: "Andy