"New Year's Eve has been very well since Cheltenham and he could run at Punchestown in the betchronicle.com Champion INH Flat Race," said Ferguson.

"He ran very well at Cheltenham and I'm looking forward to him running again. He was a four-year-old running against older horses and time will tell whether or not Punchestown suits him better than Cheltenham."

New Year's Eve headed to Cheltenham on the back of hugely-impressive bumper victories on his previous two outings at Ludlow and Market Rasen.

Entries for the betchronicle.com Champion INH Flat Race close at the six-day stage on Thursday, April 19, and other possible starters include the Willie Mullins-trained Pique Sous, who finished a head behind New Year's Eve at Cheltenham.

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The card on Wednesday, April 25, is headed by thetote.com Punchestown Gold Cup, won last season by Follow The Plan.

Oliver McKiernan's charge was also on the scoresheet at Aintree where he won the Grade One Betfred Bowl, beating Cheltenham Gold Cup fourth Burton Port by three lengths, and he bids to become the first dual winner of thetote.com Punchestown Gold Cup since Saturday's Grand National winner Neptune Collonges, who scored at Punchestown in 2007 and 2008.

Other Aintree winners who may be bound for Punchestown include the Paul Nicholls-trained Edgardo Sol, who took the Grade Three Red Rum Handicap Chase by 14 lengths, and the Philip Hobbs-trained Menorah who could run in the Grade One Ryanair Novice Chase on Thursday, April 26, following his victory in the Grade One Manifesto Novices' Chase last week.