Min and Douvan are part of a six-strong team for Willie Mullins in the BoyleSports Champion Chase, the feature event on the opening day of the 2018 Punchestown Festival.

Staged over five days from Tuesday, April 24 to Saturday, April 28, this year's Festival boasts over €3million in prize-money.

The Champion Chase has received 17 entries, with Altior the star name in contention for a race trainer Nicky Henderson has won three times, most recently with Sprinter Sacre in 2013.

However, he appears more likely to run in either the Melling Chase at Aintree next week or in the Celebration Chase at Sandown at the end of the month.

Min was runner-up behind Altior at Cheltenham, while stablemate Douvan was in front in the same race when falling four fences from home.

Title-chasing Mullins has also entered Un De Sceaux, Great Field, American Tom and Ballycasey.

Queen Mother Champion Chase third God's Own won this prize in 2016 and could bid to regain his crown for Tom George.

Samcro and Laurina could potentially clash in the first Grade One of the week - the Herald Champion Novice Hurdle.

Gordon Elliott's Samcro enhanced his huge reputation by winning the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham, while Mullins-trained mare Laurina was a runaway winner of the Trull House Stud Mares' Novices' Hurdle at Prestbury Park and followed up at Fairyhouse on Easter Sunday.

Elliott can also call upon Pallasator, the Mullins team also includes Getabird, while Colin Tizzard is responsible for the three British contenders - Slate House, Storm Home and Vision Des Flos.

Also on Tuesday's card is the Grade One Growise Champion Novice Chase, which features four of this year's Cheltenham Festival winners in Coo Star Sivola (Ultima Handicap Chase), Rathvinden (National Hunt Chase), Shattered Love (JLT Novices' Chase) and The Storyteller (Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate).

Other leading challengers include Ryanair Gold Cup hero Al Boum Photo and RSA Insurance Novices' Chase runner-up Monalee.