Big Buck's takes over from Kauto Star and Denman as the big noise in National Hunt racing Saturday's effortless win at Newbury touched the Stewart family in several ways, but none more so than the manner in which the outstanding hurdler was treated by the crowd. As Big Buck's entered the paddock, there was applause, and again when he later departed the winners" enclosure, fans lining the rail started clapping again. "I was absolutely amazed," Stewart admitted. They had their mobile phones out taking pictures, others had cameras, little kids were coming up to me long before the race, asking for my autograph. The public have taken him to their hearts, which is wonderful. He added that the aim would be to keep on trying to add to his amazing winning tally of 18 successive races, following basically the same programme as in past years. "The one thing that could change is that after he has run in the Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot before Christmas, Paul Nicholls could give him a break, and then go straight to the Cheltenham Festival in March" he said. Big Buck's is getting older, he'll be 10 next year, and Paul, Ruby Walsh and I have discussed plans and agreed that he might like a lay-off after Ascot, which could be a harder race for him than usual this year. That would mean missing the Cleeve Hurdle at Cheltenham at the end of January, a race that he won in 2009 and 2012. He missed the event in 2010 and 2011 when the Long Walk was transferred to Newbury and run in the last week of December. The remarkable feature of Big Buck's and his incredible winning sequence is that it still appears effortless. His economic style of jumping hurdles is a great asset over extreme distances, which makes a fifth Ladbrokes Hurdle more than just a possibility. Three of this week's fixtures at Wolverhampton - on Thursday, Friday and Saturday - have been transferred to Lingfield because of problems with kickback in low temperatures. Friday's meeting will now be staged on Sunday as Lingfield already had a card on Friday. Southwell has been forced to give up its fixtures in January after a further assessment on the extent of the damage to the course caused by flooding.