Max Dynamite bids to claim an overdue big-race success in the Qatar Prix du Cadran at Paris Longchamp on Saturday.
The eight-year-old has been a fine servant to Willie Mullins and his prominent owner Rich Ricci, most notably finishing a close second in the 2015 Melbourne Cup before returning to Flemington to finish third last November.
He has also finished second in the Northumberland Plate, the Galway Hurdle and, most recently, last month's Doncaster Cup, but he has found victories hard to come by.
Since making a successful debut for Mullins in a Thurles maiden hurdle almost four years ago, Max Dynamite has won just twice, landing the 2015 Lonsdale Cup at York under Frankie Dettori and a minor conditions race at Killarney last year in the hands of the trainer's son, Patrick.
Mullins junior, assistant to his father, said: "He returned to form to finish second to Thomas Hobson in Doncaster the last day, so that was good, and we've been happy with at home since.
"The trip should suit him and it looks like the ground is going to be good and I think that's quite important to him at this stage of his career.
"He's been competing a high level for a long time and has run some fantastic races in defeat.
"Hopefully he can go there and pick up some more prize-money this weekend."
Max Dynamite faces seven rivals in the two-and-a-half-mile Group One, with Andrew Balding's Montaly the sole British-trained challenger.
In the Group 2 Qatar Prix de Royallieu, Gavin Cromwell's ultra-consistent Irish raider Princess Yaiza takes on five home-trained runners in the mile-and-a-half contest.
