Invincible Ryker and Arbourfield take each other on again in the Kennedy's Bar & Restaurant, Dundalk Handicap on Friday night.
The Michael Halford-trained Invincible Ryker beat his rival by a length when making it three from four on the all-weather at the beginning of the year but is 5lb worse off now.
Artistic Melody, Ishebayorgrey and Mokhalad were immediately behind them a fortnight ago and are in opposition again, while Halford is also represented by the veteran Rummaging, who was a decent third behind Mokhalad just before Christmas.
Andrew McNamara unleashes his French recruit Fancy Dresser in the Bar One Racing Race.
The Style Vendome colt was kept busy as a juvenile, racing no less than 14 times and winning four of them, but must concede weight all round on his Irish debut.
The one to give him most to think about could be Michael O'Callaghan's Hello Brigette, who made a successful raid on Wolverhampton last month.
Zaofu has very few miles on the clock but showed there is an engine there when breaking his duck here recently, and Joseph O'Brien steps him outside of maiden company for the Race Displays Handicap.
He takes on some seasoned handicappers, not least Tropic Thunder and Rock On Dandy, who both lost little in defeat when on hat-tricks last time.
Zaofu's stable companion Uncle Henry made an encouraging introduction and attempts to go two places better in the opening Dundalk Business Club 2018 Maiden at 5.00.
Silk Cravat struck a rich vein of form towards the end of 2017, and he bids to pick up where he left off in the Fast Shipping Ltd Handicap.
Lady Rosebud and Indian Tomahawk tasted success on the same card here a couple of weeks ago and they now cross swords in the Crowne Plaza Race & Stay 2018 Handicap.
