Nicky Henderson's ante-post favourite Vaniteux has been left at the head of the weights for Sunday's StanJames.com Greatwood Hurdle at Cheltenham following a raft of withdrawals from those originally above him.
The likes of Rock On Ruby, Purple Bay and Irving all ran in the Elite Hurdle at Wincanton on Saturday, while Get Me Out Of Here and Sign Of A Victory, Vaniteux's stablemate, ran 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.
Willie Mullins may run Daneking or Clondaw Warrior while the only other Irish possible is Tony Martin's Shemshal.
Baltimore Rock, Pearl Swan, Mijhaar and Regal Encore are other interesting possibles.
Olofi, trained by Tom George and a former winner of the race, would be an eye-catching runner as he has been off the track since he unseated on his chasing debut at Wetherby in April 2013.
