Scriptwriter looking to cement his place as Britains leading JCB Triumph Hurdle hope at Kempton

Milton Harris won the Grade Two contest with Knight Salute 12 months ago and is treading the same path to the Cheltenham Festival with his classy recruit from Aidan O'Brien's all-conquering Flat string.

A winner of his first two hurdling starts and also successful when having a spin on the all-weather at Wolverhampton in December, he was beaten less than a length by Joseph O'Brien's Comfort Zone at Prestbury Park on Trials Day.

He lost little in defeat that day and Harris now hopes he can regain the winning thread to gather some momentum towards the Festival in this £80,000 contest.

He said: "He's in good form. It's well publicised that Paddy (Brennan) and I both agree that we got tactics a bit wrong at Cheltenham last time, without wishing to take anything away from the winner.

"It's going to be a difficult task with a penalty, but he seems in good form and is probably the leading British juvenile and I have no problem with the horse's form and well-being heading into the race.

"The Adonis is a good race in its own right and we did consider going fresh to the Triumph, but this is an £80,000 good race and it needs supporting. Cheltenham isn't the be-all and end-all of everything, even though it is clearly our main target, but he is a juvenile hurdler.

"This horse has a Flat rating of 104 and ran to 104 when he ran on the Flat not so long ago and you have to ask yourself could any of these run to 104 on the Flat?

"We're very happy and have had a clean run (since Cheltenham) and it would be very good for Paddy and the owners. The horse is a very nice horse and we'll be doing our best."

Scriptwriter has another Joseph O'Brien horse to take on this time in the form of Nusret - who looked good at Punchestown in the autumn before finishing third in deep contests the last twice.