County Hurdle winner Ted Veale is set to step up in grade at Punchestown later this month and take on Champagne Fever in the Herald Champion Novice Hurdle on April 23.

Trainer Tony Martin has confirmed plans, saying: "I have been very happy with Ted Veale since Cheltenham and we could have gone to Liverpool with him but we wanted to give him a bit more time and wait for Punchestown.

"The intention at the moment is for him to run in the Herald Champion Novice Hurdle over two miles. I think the way he won the County Hurdle certainly warrants him taking his chance in a Grade One. He is a good-actioned horse and better ground will definitely help him."

Among the British-trained entries are the Nicky Henderson-trained My Tent Or Yours, an impressive winner of the Grade Two Top Novices' Hurdle at Aintree on Friday, and the Donald McCain-trained Clondaw Kaempfer, who had won all his starts under Rules before pulling up in the Challow Hurdle at Newbury in December.

Punchestown's Tuesday card also includes the Grade One Growise Champion Novice Chase in which the Kim Bailey-trained Harry Topper, who was unbeaten over fences until unseating his rider at Kelso in March, is set to line up.

"Harry Topper is entered with the intention of running providing the ground is soft," said Bailey.

"Although we didn't enter him, we were planning to run him at Aintree last week but there is no point running a horse on good ground when he wants soft ground. I think as he gets older he will be less ground dependant

"He unseated his rider at Kelso but he schooled last week and that went very well so I am happy enough with him. He has already won a Grade Two at Newbury and his form is working out well. He deserves to take his chance in a Grade One and we want to find out if he is good enough.

"The intention next season is to start him off in the Hennessy at Newbury and then go from there."

A strong entry also includes Benefficient, winner of the Jewson Novices' Chase at Cheltenham. Trainer Tony Martin is debating whether to aim the seven-year-old at the Growise Champion Novice Chase over 3m 1f or the two-mile Ryanair Novice Chase two days later.

"We are very happy with Benefficient and the intention is to run him at Punchestown. We have entered him in the two-miler and three-miler but I can't tell you what one he will go for at the moment as it will all depend on the ground," said Martin.

"We have been very pleased with him since his win at Cheltenham and we didn't go to Aintree because we wanted to give him a bit more time.

"We put the hood on him because he can get a little bit lit up. Cheltenham is a very noisy and buzzy place but the hood helped him settle and he won well."

Others engaged in the Growise Champion Novice Chase include Dynaste and Third Intention, first and second in the Mildmay Novices' Chase at Aintree on Friday, Back In Focus, winner of the four-mile John Oaksey National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham, his stablemate Boston Bob, who fell at the last when in contention in the RSA Chase, and RSA Chase runner-up Lyreen Legend.