The team behind Sgt Reckless have yet to decide if the gelding will run in the Arkle Challenge Trophy at Cheltenham after just one run over fences . Trainer Mick Channon , former trainer Henrietta Knight and owner Tim Radford will discuss the situation after the eight-year-old strutted his stuff in pleasing fashion in a schooling session over two miles after racing at Doncaster on Saturday . Ridden by Will Kennedy , Sgt Reckless put in a clear round of jumping as he came home ahead of his stable companion Paradise Valley . Sgt Reckless comes home in front to win an all weather maiden at Lingfield Park Racecourse in January . Watching on were Radford and the trainer 's son Michael Channon jnr . 'We 're in a horrible position in that everyone 's telling us how to train him yet we know he 's only half the horse if he has n't got good ground , ' said Channon jnr . 'The ground was good here at Doncaster and we would have loved to have been in a race . 'He jumped very well and Will Kennedy was more than happy . It 's another step towards what we 're going to do and we have to do what 's right by the horse . 'He 's in the Arkle and also in the County over hurdles . The Arkle is our dream . It 's whether we 're doing the right thing in terms of what we 've got under our belt . Mick Channon and Henrietta Knight will again team up for the Cheltenham Festival this year . 'We 'll leave the decision to Mick ( Channon ) , Hen ( Henrietta Knight ) and Tim ( Radford ) . 'We 've done everything right there . We know he 's got the ability , but whether he 's got the experience to go into the Arkle . ' I wish it was n't this way . I just wish we could do what everyone is telling us to do , but we know the horse wo n't go in soft , horrible ground . 'Cheltenham is the Holy Grail , but we will do what is right for the horse . We all want to go to Cheltenham but is it right for the Sergeant ? ' Since making a successful debut over fences at Uttoxeter in late October , Sgt Reckless has finished fifth behind Faugheen in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton and won a mile and a half maiden Flat race on the Polytrack at Lingfield in January . Ruby Walsh riding Faugheen clear the last to win The williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle Race at Kempton Park .
Sgt Reckless strutted his stuff in good fashion at Doncaster on Saturday . The gelding could run in the Arkle Challenge Trophy at Henrietta Knight . Reckless finished fifth behind Faugheen in the Christmas Hurdle . And won a mile and a half maiden race on the Polytrack at Lingfield .