Champion trainer Willie Mullins is responsible for four of the 10 entries for the Frank Ward Solicitors Irish Arkle Novice Chase at Leopardstown on 25 January.
Un De Sceaux fell on his chasing debut but made amends on his second start over fences at Fairyhouse last time out and heads the market for the Arkle at the Cheltenham Festival.
Vautour made a foot-perfect debut over fences but blundered badly when he finished second to Clarcam over course and distance in the Grade One Racing Post Novice Chase at Christmas.
Grade One winner Valseur Lido and Adriana Des Mottes complete Mullins’ initial entries.
The aforementioned Clarcam, trained by Gordon Elliott, is also in the reckoning.
Enda Bolger's classy Limerick winner Gilgamboa, the Mouse Morris-trained duo of Real Steel and Band Of Blood, Noel Meade's classy Apache Stronghold and Matthew Smith's Rawnaq complete the entries.
