Connections of Hobbs Hill will let the dust settle before making further plans for the talented gelding after his crashing fall at Kempton on Saturday.

Sent off the rock-solid 8-13 favourite for the Grade Two Pendil Novices' Chase, Charles Egerton's nine-year-old was being pressed for the lead when completely missing out the third-last fence.

Hobbs Hill arrived at the Sunbury venue defending an unblemished record over fences and was making his first start in the silks of JP McManus.

He holds entries in the Ryanair Chase and Royal & SunAlliance Chase at the Cheltenham Festival next month but will be given time to recover before Egerton's team assess their options.

Frank Berry, racing manager for McManus, said: "He was quite sore leaving the racecourse yesterday but he's fine really this morning.

"He is still sore and it was a bad fall but it was just good to see him get up after it.

"He has a bit of bruising so we'll just see how he is in a week or so. He had jumped well up to that point and I'm just happy he got up."

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