Irish trio among Greatwood entries Willie Mullins may run Daneking and Clondaw Warrior in Sunday's StanJames.com Greatwood Hurdle at Cheltenham. If making a trip across the Irish Sea, Daneking will be on a hat-trick after signing off last season with wins at Navan and Fairyhouse, while Clondaw Warrior proved himself well handicapped on the level this year and triumphed in the November Handicap at Leopardstown. The only other Irish possible for the Greatwood is Tony Martin's Shemshal, who has also been plying his trade on the Flat. Nicky Henderson's ante-post favourite Vaniteux has been left at the head of the list following a raft of withdrawals from those originally above him in the weights. The likes of Rock On Ruby, Purple Bay and Irving all ran in the Elite Hurdle at Wincanton last Saturday, while Get Me Out Of Here and Sign Of A Victory, Vaniteux's stablemate, appeared at Ascot the week before. The weights will now rise by almost a stone, with the Supreme Novices' Hurdle third set to shoulder the most. Dan Skelton's Blue Heron is next after an impressive win at Kempton on his comeback, with Garde Le Victoire, Roman Flight and Goodwood Mirage all towards the head of the weights. Baltimore Rock, Pearl Swan, Mijhaar and Regal Encore are other interesting candidates. Olofi, trained by Tom George and a former winner of the race, would be an eyecatching runner as he has been off the track since he unseated on his chasing debut at Wetherby in April 2013.
