Willie Mullins has a strong hand at the five-day stage of the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury with four of the top six in the weights from 31 to stand their ground.
Despite taking out Sempre Medici, Mullins has left in Dicosimo, Kalkir, Ivan Grozny, Petite Parisienne, Buiseness Sivola, Noble Inn and Whiteout. Saturday's impressive Leopardstown winner Blazer has also been left in, but is unlikely to make the cut.
Philip Hobbs' War Sound has been well backed and remains in the mix, along with stablemate Sternrubin, who dead-heated in The Ladbroke, and top-weight Cheltenian.
Noel Meade's Waxies Dargle is a regular in the big handicaps for owner JP McManus, who has another strong fancy in Paul Nicholls' Modus.
John Ferguson can choose from Qewy and Three Kingdoms, while Dan Skelton has the option of running Fou Et Sage and Zarib.
Affaire d'Honneur, Winner Massagot, John Constable, Montbazon and Agrapart are others of note.
Starchitect, decent for Donald McCain last season, could have his first outing for David Pipe.