The Willie Mullins-trained five-year-old, who is best-price 11/1 (Stan James) for the Neptune, is likely to be kept apart from stablemate Zaidpour, who the trainer said is set to be aimed at the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, for which he is now best-price 7/1 (Bet365).
Zaidpour is set to run in Saturday's Deloitte Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown and Mullins said: "We'll keep our options open and see what happens on Saturday, but my feeling is So Young will go for the Neptune and Zaidpour will go for the Supreme."
Mullins added: "So Young shows more on the track than at home. It looked like he had plenty of gears there."
Two horses than won't be heading to the Festival this year are last year's impressive Coral Cup winner, Spirit River, and Champion Bumper fancy Bold Optimist.
Spirit River fell on both his starts over fences this season before disappointing behind Grands Crus when reverting to hurdles last time out. He held an entry for the World Hurdle and was as short as 25/1 for the race.
Trainer Nicky Henderson revealed today that he won't be running at the Festival this year: "He's not going to win a World Hurdle and his two runs over fences have ended in falls. I still think he's a chaser in the making and there is no point in losing your novice status at this time of year."
Bold Optimist, disputing favouritism at 10/1 for the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at Cheltenham, will also miss the Festival.
The five-year-old's trainer Gordon Elliott said: "Unfortunately, Bold Optimist has had a slight setback and won't make the bumper at Cheltenham. He's a horse we think a lot of and we're already looking forward to him going hurdling next season."
The Patrick Gleeson-owned son of Oscar has raced only once, justifying favouritism when landing a bumper by two and a half lengths at Leopardstown in December.
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Zaidpour is second favourite for the Supreme Novices' Hurdle
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