Colonel Mustard will be the outsider of a field of four facing the starter for Friday’s Grade 1 Boodles Champion Hurdle but while trainer Lorna Fowler the Rahinston star faces a very tall order, the phenomenal prize money on offer makes the audacious tilt a sensible proposition.

The nine-year-old, who will have JJ Slevin in the plate, finished an 11-length fifth in the Cheltenham Champion Hurdle won by State Man, with Irish Point in second.