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Ga Law could be supplemented for the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival, following his success in a Grade 3 handicap at the track in January.

The Jamie Snowden-trained eight-year-old won the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham in November 2022 and finished fifth in last year's renewal of the Ryanair. He has been kept in handicap company since being pulled up in the Grade 1 Aintree Bowl Chase, including a solid seventh in the Coral Gold Cup.

Connections are hopeful that the gelding will produce a big effort at the Festival, having won twice from three attempts at Cheltenham – both on the New and Old course.

"I think we'll end up supplementing him for the Ryanair," said Snowden.

"He won the Paddy Power Gold Cup the previous year and he would have won the Sky Bet Chase at Doncaster but he had a nasty fall at the last and that kind of derailed us a bit last season.

"He still finished fifth in the Ryanair last year but he probably wasn't in the sort of form he's been in this time around.

"It was nice to see him back on track winning the feature handicap on Trials day and off the back of that the Ryanair looks the right race for him.

"He won the Paddy Power on the Old course but I think he ran an even better race the other day on the New course.

"The New course, which is more of a test of stamina, perhaps suits him more than the Old course, which is more of a test of speed.

"He ran well in the Ryanair last year when not in the form that he's in now so hopefully he can go there and run a decent race."