With 100,000 euros up for grabs, it is not surprising that title-chasing trainers Gordon Elliott and Willie Mullins are mob-handed in the RYBO Handicap Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Tuesday.
An Elliott quartet includes Duca De Thaix, who is on something of a retrieval mission after struggling in the County Hurdle, but Mullins has double Elliott's number and his team is spearheaded by Coral Cup flop Max Dynamite.
His stablemate Uradel arrives in search of a hat-trick, as does the Charles Byrnes-trained Off You Go.
Noel Meade has two live chances in Dis Donc and Joey Sasa, with Jessica Harrington's consistent Impact Factor another who is sure to have his supporters.
Elliott and Mullins are responsible for all but one of the eight declarations for the Grade Two BoyleSports Juvenile Hurdle.
Triumph Hurdle fifth Saldier is joined by unexposed Closutton inmates Saglawy, Msassa and Eoline Jolie, while Elliott's squad is led by Fred Winter hero Veneer Of Charm although he also held an engagement here on Monday.
Youcantcallherthat claimed the scalp of Dinaria Des Obeaux at Limerick recently and they renew rivalry in the John & Chich Fowler Memorial EBF Mares Chase.
This is an interesting little Grade Three, and Asthuria, Bonny Kate and Magic Of Light can't be dismissed lightly either.
Joseph O'Brien sends a four-strong team into battle for the I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Novice Handicap Hurdle Series Final, with Speak Easy, who was third in a Grade Two last time, possibly the pick of them.
Moyhenna and Not Many Left drop back after making the frame in Grade Threes, with the weights headed by Meade's facile Clonmel scorer Minella Fair, whose stablemate Le Martalin may be the answer to the opening Mongey Communications Beginners Chase (2.40).
Colreevy performed with credit in Cheltenham's Champion Bumper and tops the list for the Lauro At Hayes Stud Irish EBF Total Enjoyment Mares Flat Race, while grand servants My Murphy and Sizing Coal are among the Door And Floor Centre Supporting Meath GAA Joseph R. O'Reilly Hunters Chase con
