Dan Skelton says he is "massively tempted" to head to next month's Ladbrokes Trophy with the unlucky Shan Blue.
The seven-year-old was a most unlucky loser in Wetherby's Charlie Hall Chase on Saturday when he fell at the third last with the race in the bag.
The only silver lining is that he cannot go up in the handicap after an exit at that point.
Skelton says he and owner Colm Donlon face a "big decision" over whether to take advantage of his unchanged rating of 148 in one of the most famous jumps races in the calendar, on November 27.
Skelton told Racing TV: "It's massively tempting. I don't think the trip is an issue; Newbury as a track is not an issue. I'd prefer it to be 10 runners, not 20, but that's not the Ladbrokes.
"It's one of the biggies in the calendar, and you sometimes only get one chance in a career to win a race like that and it's staring us quite obviously in the face, off 148.
"I had half a discussion with Colm about it yesterday, and we're both talking about it very professionally and giving it the time of day that it deserves."
Skelton is confident major prizes should still lie ahead, and added: "I think we can all agree we've seen something a bit special there, and there are big days to come with him.
"He's got the constitution, physical and mental to get over something like this.
"The most important thing is soundness, and he was sound immediately afterwards yesterday (and) he's sound this morning.
"We consider ourselves very, very lucky that he is. I don't think there's going to be an emotional scar here (for the horse). I can't guarantee it. I can only talk on his behalf the best I know him. He can't directly tell me there's not a problem, but I'd be surprised.
"He's one of the many horses I could say 'they're tough enough to bounce back'."
