El Fabiolo for the Champion Hurdle? Daryl Jacob lifts the lid on team Double Green

Could El Fabiolo be set for the Champion Hurdle? And where will exciting novice Talk The Talk be heading next? Simon Munir and Isaac Souede's assistant racing manager Daryl Jacob has spoken to Racing TV's Nick Lightfoot about some of the star Double Green horses and what their targets may be for the rest of the season.

Speaking about El Fabiolo, who won at Punchestown on New Year's Eve, Jacob said: "We have taken our time with him this year because we want to try and get it right.

"Thankfully, his first this season I thought was a really really impressive performance. I loved his enthusiasm; the way he went around there and Danny was trying to take a pull on him and trying to fill him up, but he was wanting to go forward. Some of the hurdles he took on really well.

"I knew he would come on from the run and he wasn't 100 per cent tuned up for that race at all. 

"He's going to get an entry in the Champion Hurdle, because if you're not in it then you can't win it, so you might as well put an entry in there and we don't know what the ground is going to be like - it could turn up bottomless that day and all of a sudden he could be a major player."

However, Jacob also suggested the Aintree Hurdle over further could be a possibility: "realistically to me, he looked very comfortable over two-mile, three and a half the other day, and I think to be honest with you that's where we're going to try and keep him," he said.

"That way he's not getting floored, he's not getting hassled, he still travels away nicely and quietly, and in his own rhythm."

Watch the 13-minute video above to find out more and what Jacob also had to say about You Proof, Matata and Intense Raffles.