Anthony Honeyball weighing up options for Fountains Windfall

Fountains Windfall has suffered two falls since switching to fences (PA)

Anthony Honeyball is keen to get a run into Fountains Windfall this weekend before stepping back up in class for the Reynoldstown Chase at Ascot next month.

He holds two entries at Kempton and one at Warwick after falling when leading the Kauto Star Novices' Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day.

"I've put him in all sorts, my head is a bit scrambled when it comes to him, I'm just trying to get some luck," said Honeyball.

"He's in a Listed chase at Kempton but I'm sure that won't be the right race for him, he's in a three-mile handicap and one that was reopened as well. I just need to get a clear round into him somewhere.

"To say he's fallen the last twice, he's not a bad jumper. I watched Kempton again and he jumped fantastically but just gave one a nudge and laid down basically.

"The Reynoldstown is where I want to run him and I need something between now and then. We've been to the races twice and not had a hard race so it would be a good to get a run now then it's a month to the Reynoldstown and a month until the RSA."

Honeyball is eyeing the Punchestown Festival as a long-term target for his exciting mare Duhallow Gesture.

Bought for £100,000 after winning an Irish point-to-point and Tipperary bumper last spring, the daughter of King's Theatre is already looking a shrewd purchase having made a successful debut for her new connections in a Listed contest at Huntingdon.

Another Listed mares' bumper at Sandown on March 10 is her likely next port of call, after which she could be prepared for a return to her homeland.

Honeyball said: "Duhallow Gesture will go to Sandown. She's qualified for that and that will be her fifth bumper.

"After that we'll go to Punchestown I think, there's a graded bumper for mares at the Festival.

"We are a bit in no-man's land with her regarding hurdling so as long as she runs well at Sandown, we'll take her there."

Another bumper horse for whom Honeyball has high hopes is Acey Milan.

Runner-up on his racecourse introduction at Exeter in October, the four-year-old has since bolted up at Wincanton and claimed a Listed prize at Cheltenham on New Year's Day.

"Acey Milan will go to Newbury for a Listed bumper on February 10 and we'll see how he gets on there," Honeyball added.

"He might have done enough by then or we might take him to one of the spring Festivals."