Sizing John & Yorkhill in Leopardstown highlight Sizing John and Yorkhill remain on course for a mouthwatering clash at Leopardstown, with both featuring among 22 confirmations for the Leopardstown Christmas Chase on December 28. Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Sizing John made a successful reappearance with a brilliant display in the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown earlier this month and is set to return to three miles on day three of the Christmas Festival at Foxrock. Willie Mullins recently earmarked this event as a likely comeback target for dual Cheltenham Festival hero Yorkhill and the champion trainer could also call upon dual Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up Djakadam and Killultagh Vic, who has been on the sidelines for almost two years. Last year's winner Outlander is one of six contenders for Gordon Elliott, along with A Toi Phil, Ball D'Arc, Empire Of Dirt, Lord Scoundrel and Mala Beach. Other contenders include Noel Meade's Disko, Valseur Lido from Henry de Bromhead's yard and the Joseph O'Brien-trained Edwulf, who has not been seen since collapsing at the Cheltenham Festival in March. O'Brien told the Irish Times: "Nothing like what happened at Cheltenham has happened to him again. "He's had a couple of good bits of work recently and taken it very well. "If anything he looks better than he ever was. We wouldn't run him otherwise."
