The Colin Tizzard-trained Fiddlerontheroof will be targeted at either Haydock's Betfair Chase or the Ladbrokes Trophy at Newbury following his success in the Listed Colin Parker Memorial Intermediate Chase at Carlisle on Sunday. 

The impressive seven-year-old may have only triumphed once as a novice last season but he was adventurously campaigned throughout, securing placings five times at Grade One and Grade Two level. 

That stood Fiddlerontheroof in good stead heading into Sunday's Listed race against similarly promising contenders.

And under the guide of jockey Brendan Powell, he was able to claim the victory by a length and a quarter from Pay The Piper after early pacesetter Ahoy Senor was unseated two out from the finish. 

Fiddlerontheroof's victory was the second Tizzard's yard have enjoyed in the last three editions of the race, following on from Lostintranslation, who triumphed in 2019. 

Lostintranslation went on to win the Betfair Chase at Haydock off the back of his Listed success and Tizzard's assistant and son Joe has confirmed the horse could follow in his stablemate's footsteps, while a run in the Ladbrokes Trophy at Newbury is also a possibility. 

Joe Tizzard said: "He got placed behind good horses all of last season. But we rate him really highly — that's why we brought him up here.

"He's just done it nicely, and will improve for it, and then we've got a decision where we go next. 

"We'll just get home and have a chat about it. He's rated 148, so you might want to take advantage of his mark [in the Ladbrokes Trophy]. 

"We did this with Lostintranslation and [then] won the Betfair. 

"It's the best part of a month, to the both of them — so it should put him spot on, I'd imagine." 

Should Fiddlerontheroof head for the Ladbrokes Trophy then he is likely to come up against last year's winner of the race Cloth Cap, who produced an impressive showing when finishing fourth on his seasonal reappearance at Cheltenham on October 23. 

That run at Prestbury Park was Cloth Cap's first since being pulled up in April's Grand National due to a respiratory problem. 

Those issues now appear to be firmly behind Cloth Cap, with trainer Jonjo O'Neill confirming his plans for the nine-year-old, with a defence of the Ladbrokes Trophy set to come ahead of a return to Aintree for next year's Grand National. 

O'Neill said: "I was delighted with him — he ran a lovely race.

"Hopefully he's OK — and then we'll have another crack at the Ladbrokes Trophy, I would imagine. That was certainly the plan when he came in and I don't see any reason to change it. 

"When you have a horse with his rating (154) the races pick themselves really, then hopefully he'll go back for another crack at the National if it all works — but that's a long way off."