HARRY Fry is keen to get Unowhatimeanharry qualified for the Pertemps Final in order to give him more options at the Cheltenham Festival.

Although the eight-year-old features in the market for the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle, the Seaborough handler is to target a Pertemps qualifier at Exeter on Sunday, February 14 ahead of a potential outing in the final of the Listed prize.

Since making the switch to Fry, the former Helen Nelmes-trained gelding has made giant strides winning all three of his starts this season, with his most recent triumph coming in a Grade Two novices’ event at Cheltenham.

Fry said: “There is a Pertemps qualifier at Exeter on February 14 and he is very much on target for that.

“If he qualifies it gives us that option at the Festival as well as the Albert Bartlett. If I was forced to make a decision now, he would probably go down the Pertemps route.

“He had a slightly poor scope around the start of the New Year and he was not 100 per cent, that’s why he missed the Lanzarote.

“He has shaken it off very quickly though and is now A1 again.”

  • Anthony Honeyball saw As De Fer win for the first time in more than four years at Warwick.

The 10-year-old romped home under the guidance of jockey David Noonan to see off favourite Willoughby Hedge by a whopping 26 lengths and win the D W Clark Drainage Handicap Chase.

Honeyball told his official website: “It has been a long journey for the horse and his enthusiastic owners since his previous success at Ffos Las in November 2011 and heading to Warwick I didn’t know what to expect.

“So it was great to see him enjoying himself from an early stage at Warwick, jumping soundly and chasing the leaders before taking up the running at the 14th fence.

“Winning like that will have given him plenty of confidence for the rest of the season. Provided he comes out of the race in good shape I’m tempted to turn him out again at Chepstow next Friday under a 7lbs penalty.”