Cheltenham Festival winner Defi Du Seuil could run in Sunday’s Unibet Greatwood Hurdle at Prestbury Park
TRIUMPH Hurdle hero Defi Du Seuil is one of 23 horses left in contention for Sunday's Unibet Greatwood Hurdle at Cheltenham.
Defi Du Seuil is the general 6-1 favourite for the race but could face stiff competition on his return.
Nigel Twiston-Davies' The New One made a winning reappearance in the Welsh Champion Hurdle and still has the option of the Greatwood.
Nicky Henderson could run both Call Me Lord and Jenkins.
"Jenkins is a definite," said the Seven Barrows handler. "We are going to start here with him as he has got to start somewhere.
"Hopefully he is back to what he was as a bumper horse when he looked very good. We will see what happens.
"Call Me Lord runs on Tuesday at Huntingdon but racing managers love to have all sorts of ideas so he (Anthony Bromley) has wanted me to keep him in just in case."
2015 Greatwood Hurdle winner Old Guard will be ridden by Bryony Frost who claimed the biggest success of her career on Saturday with Present Man in the Badger Ales Trophy.
Trainer Paul Nicholls said: "Old Guard will run and he will like the dry week. Bryony will ride him. With her (Frost's) 5lb off, Old Guard ends up with 10st 7lb, which is a real racing weight for him."
Nicholls will also be represented by Amour De Nuit and he added: "Amour De Nuit won a Listed novice hurdle at Kempton and was a good Flat horse. He has just kept improving."
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Harry Fry is likely to saddle Misterton.
"He won nicely at Chepstow in October and the form has been franked with the fourth Elgin winning at Ascot," said Fry. "It will just be interesting to see if The New One is still in there and goes as we will be 1lb out the handicap."
Ian Williams has let Elite Hurdle scorer London Prize stand his ground, while Chesterfield, Project Bluebook and Mohaayed are also in contention.
Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Joseph O'Brien has Ivanovich Gorbatov and Tigris River, with Tom Mullins also double-handed with Grand Partner and Top Othe Ra.
Tony Martin's Golden Spear and Veinard from Gordon Elliott's stable are other Irish possibles.