Jim Bolger relies on Twilight Payment to give him back-to-back wins in Her Majesty's Plate at Down Royal on Friday night.
The Coolcullen handler took the Listed prize 12 months ago with Stellar Mass and this year's representative must concede weight all round thanks to his Listed defeat of Forgotten Rules at the Curragh last autumn.
He returned with a couple of placings behind Torcedor and then got closest to top stayer Order Of St George in the Saval Beg.
Motherland was a place behind him at Leopardstown but has since struggled at Royal Ascot, whereas Savannah Storm arrives on the back of a career-best third in the Lenebane Stakes.
The one to give Twilight Payment most to think about, though, could be the three-year-old Grandee, who gets a handy weight allowance and was impressive at this level prior to having his limitations exposed in the Irish Derby.
Treasuring wasn't beaten all that far in the Queen Mary and has her sights lowered for the opening 100% Magners Irish Cider Race at 5.55.
Ger Lyons' filly booked her ticket to the Royal meeting with a dominant Navan triumph and might prove too strong for the Dermot Weld-trained India Rain, who also drops in class.
After being touched off on both of his previous appearances, Lyons will be hoping that Hyperlapse can register a deserved success in the Foran Equine Irish EBF Auction Maiden, and the County Meath handler also has strong claims in the Magners Forbidden Flavours Handicap courtesy of Navan scorer Buffalo Blues.
Tom Dooley has been a revelation since teaming up with 7lb claimer Sean Davis and they go for a quickfire four-timer in the Magners Light Handicap.
Duncan Of Scotland strives to end a sequence of near-misses in the Apple Orchard Handicap, while Wednesday's Naas scorer Carrigeen Prince makes a swift return for the Magners Original Apprentice Handicap.
