Harry Redknapp's The Jukebox Man pencilled in for Newbury

After doing most of the running in Cheltenham Festival's Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle, he narrowly missed out on a season-defining success and now he is making the switch to chasing, where he is seen as an exciting prospect.

Pauling is looking at the John Francome Novices’ Chase over two and a half miles for Redknapp's gelding.

“He is a huge talent; he ran very well at Cheltenham and Aintree last year, just getting pipped both times. He is a lovely horse for the future, he jumps very well,” said Pauling.

“He’s not necessarily a brilliant workhorse, on the all-weather he just does what he needs to do. You put him on the grass and he just motors.”

Pauling could also be represented in the feature Coral Gold Cup by Henry’s Friend.

“We’ve had a bit of an interrupted process leading up to the Coral Gold Cup which is our main aim. I wasn’t sure if I would run him or not, I felt that running him at Newbury was going to hopefully bring him to life and it really did,” said Pauling of his first outing of the season over hurdles.

“He came back a completely different horse to the one that went into the race. He had a lovely gallop round and qualified for the Pertemps as there were only four runners.

“We tried to see where we were stamina-wise in the amateur chase (National Hunt Chase, at Cheltenham) but he just didn’t turn up that day, the Reynoldstown left its mark. I’ve got no concerns over the trip, we know he likes the track so fingers crossed. He just wouldn’t want the ground to go heavy.”