The Last Samuri will complete his preparations for the Crabbie's Grand National in Saturday's BetBright Grimthorpe Chase at Doncaster.
Kim Bailey, who saddled Mr Frisk to win the Aintree spectacular in 1990, will send his charge to Town Moor rather than take up his engagement in the Ultima Handicap Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.
The eight-year-old was last seen winning at Kempton back in December and Bailey is hoping for sound conditions for his racecourse return at the weekend.
"The Last Samuri will be heading to Doncaster on Saturday for the Grimthorpe Chase," he said.
"Everything has been perfect with him since his win at Kempton and he wants good ground, which it hopefully should be at Doncaster.
"He is entered at the Cheltenham Festival, but won't be heading there. We only put him in at Cheltenham in case there were lots of abandonments and we ran out of options. The plan is to go to Doncaster and then straight to Aintree, all being well.
"Saturday's race looks like it should be a good trial for the Crabbie's Grand National."
A handful of fellow National possibles are also entered in the Grimthorpe, with Neil Mulholland's The Druids Nephew, Aachen from Venetia Williams' yard and Nicky Henderson's Bear's Affair in the reckoning for both events, along with Ikorodu Road and the Paul Nicholls-trained pair of Just A Par and Wonderful Charm.
All feature among a bumper 113 to stand their ground at the latest scratchings stage for Aintree, with Nicholls' Silviniaco Conti heading plenty of people's lists as a likely winner.
Only 13 horses were removed from the world's greatest steeplechase, with Williams' pair of Houblon Des Obeaux and Rigadin De Beauchene notable withdrawals along with Irish contenders Thunder And Roses, Wounded Warrior and Seabass.