An international campaign could be ahead of Crisp Steeplechase winner Bashboy who proved himself Australia's supreme jumps horse with another dominant victory at Sandown, Melbourne, on Sunday.
With his opportunities limited and with prohibitive weights now assured for Bashboy, trainer Ciaron Maher said would "have a think" about overseas alternatives
after the Grand National Steeplechase in two weeks.
"I'm open to it, but we'll all talk about it after he's done his job here," Maher said.
Bashboy, the winner of the same race a year ago, met some stern opposition this year and also had to overcome a couple of faulty jumps in the second half of the race before asserting himself in the final 400m.
"He just got his revs up and took off out of my hands and made a decent mistake," said jockey Steve Pateman. "But he's a good horse, he overcame that.
