Road To Riches bids to gain compensation for a good run in the Ryanair Chase when he takes on just four rivals in the Webster Cup Chase at Navan on Saturday.
The Noel Meade-trained nine-year-old was the only horse to really challenge Vautour at Cheltenham, but by doing so it cost him second place and he had to settle for third behind Valseur Lido.
"He's in great form and has come out of Cheltenham very well," said Meade.
"Navan is only five miles up the road. Going to Liverpool (Aintree) would probably knock him out of Punchestown, whereas he can go here and still have the option of going to Punchestown as well.
"It would also be a tough race at Liverpool."
The Punchestown objective for Road To Riches would be the Bibby Financial Services Ireland Punchestown Gold Cup on 27 April, in which he was third last spring.
The Grade One over three miles and a furlong is also a possible target for Foxrock.
Ted Walsh's eight-year-old bypassed Cheltenham and this Grade Two contest has been specifically picked by connections as Foxrock is suited by the race conditions.
"We gave him an entry in the English National and looked at a couple of other races, but he's well suited by the conditions of this race," said owner Barry Connell.
"He's not penalised as he hasn't won for well over a year now, so he's getting in with all the allowances.
"It's the perfect opportunity for him. Hopefully if he runs well there he'll probably go on to Punchestown for the Gold Cup. I'd say that's the obvious race for him.
"There's 7lb or 8lb between them on ratings at Navan, so they'll be running off more or less the same mark.
"He's a fresh horse, he hasn't been to Cheltenham, so that should stand to him as well.
"I'm looking forward to the race. I think he'll be hard to beat."
Smashing was pulled up in the Ryanair as he did not handle the faster ground at Cheltenham but he had won his previous three starts on home soil.
With conditions likely to be in his favour, trainer Henry de Bromhead is expecting the real Smashing to show up.
"He seems in good form. He seems to have come out of Cheltenham OK," said the County Waterford handler.
"He obviously doesn't like it over there on that better ground, so we've gone back to what we know he's good at on the softer, hopefully heavy ground. It's been raining over here.
"It's a very good race, but we're hoping for a good run."
The other two runners chasing the spoils are the Stephen Mahon-trained Smokey Joe Joe and Stuart Crawford's Strongpoint.
