DAVID JENNINGS

1 Galopin Des Champs 2 Any Second Now 3 Kemboy

If Willie Mullins didn’t want Galopin Des Champs to leave his Gold Cup behind in the Irish equivalent at Leopardstown, he will be delighted to see just six potential rivals stand their ground and no sign of Conflated. The master trainer is responsible for four of the seven possibles so this could be a very small field indeed and it wouldn’t surprise me if Stattler didn’t run. Any Second Now could run a huge race here. The Grand National might be his ultimate aim but his second in it last year isn’t working out too bad, is it?