The betting is very open with only two horses at single figure odds with Ladbrokes: Calipto (5/1) and Le Rocher (6/1).
Calipto is unbeaten in two stats over hurdles for Paul Nicholls, both at Newbury. Le Rocher (Nick Williams) is also unbeaten, including a 10 length victory in the JCB Triumph Hurdle Trial at Cheltenham in January.
Royal Irish Hussar (14/1) also won a JCB Triumph Hurdle Trial at Cheltenham in November 2013, when Guitar Pete (10/1) was second. But a month later Royal Irish Hussar was beaten 16 lengths in third at Doncaster, behind Fox Norton and Broughton (10/1).
