Tiger Roll and Lisa O'Neill© Photo Healy Racing
Tiger Roll headlines the entries for the 35,000 pound Glenfarclas Cross Country Handicap Chase at Cheltenham on Friday.
Gordon Elliott’s star has won a remarkable three times at the Festival meeting in March and went on to Grand National glory at Aintree in April.
Elliott has already stated his dream is to get Tiger Roll back to the Festival in the hope of winning for a fourth time.
He ran a fine fourth over this course on his seasonal reappearance in November behind Enda Bolger’s Josies Orders, who also features in the 16 possibles.
Elliott has also entered National third Bless The Wings and Lamb Or Cod, while Grade One winner Ballycasey could line up for champion trainer Willie Mullins.
In addition to Josies Orders, Bolger, who has won this contest a record seven times, can also call on My Hometown, a recent winner over the banks course at Punchestown.
The race is the final leg of the Crystal Cup, a pan-European series comprising 10 cross-country races. French handler Patrice Quinton, who currently heads the trainer standings, may run Vol Noir De Kerser.
Further representation from France could come from Amazing Comedy (David Cottin), who won the Grand Steeple Chase-Cross-Country de Compiegne, the penultimate race in the Crystal Cup, on November 9.
