Spotlight: Progressive handicap hurdler last season; won 2m6f maiden at Punchestown and 2m7f handicap at Naas before sixth in the 24-runner Pertemps Final; got away with sloppy jumping, including a blunder two out, when making all to win a 2m2f novice event at Galway last month on fourth chase start; open to improvement

Spotlight: Third to Better Days Ahead in 2024 Martin Pipe; 2m4f chase winner at Gowran in January; made a bad mistake and unseated rider four out in the Brown Advisory; making progress when brought down four out in the Mildmay at Aintree; fine effort, despite an indifferent round of jumping, when third in the Irish Grand National.

Spotlight: Second in the 2023 Thyestes and fourth in the Kim Muir the same year; lost his way for Gordon Elliott; change of scene did the trick last season; backed up a 66-1 course handicap hurdle success by landing the Ulster National; finished a creditable fourth in the Irish Grand National; should be better for his run in an Irish-dominated contest at Cheltenham last month.

Spotlight: Got off the mark over fences at the third attempt off 130 at Naas in January (2m4f, soft); failed to make an impact in the Jack Richards at Cheltenham; faded from two out in Punchestown festival handicap over a near-4m trip; this trip could be close to his optimum; Naas form often translates accurately to this similarly tough left-handed circuit.

Spotlight: Three-time hurdle winner who is 0-9 over fences; pleasing return from a break when second at Gowran (2m4f, yielding); was staying on at the finish when again runner-up over an extended 2m6f at Galway three weeks ago; almost on correct handicap mark, not a forlorn hope.

Spotlight: 2m4f maiden hurdle winner got off the mark over fences when easily winning a beginners' chase at Galway just over a year ago; well held in Grade 2 novice at Punchestown last November; absent until winning off a 2m6f handicap hurdle off a 15lb lower mark at Galway last month; could go well for trainer who won this with a young horse in 2018

Spotlight: Has shown a liking for a thorough test of stamina with a second in the National Trial at Punchestown (3m3f, soft) in February and a third to Haiti Couleurs in the National Hunt Chase; never a threat when a remote tenth behind the same horse in the Irish Grand National; dropped away tamely in the straight on seasonal debut in the Munster National.

Spotlight: Dual Grade 3-winning novice hurdler; 1-6 in chases last season; decent form in Grade 1/2 company; jumping left a lot to be desired when a remote seventh in the Ultima at Cheltenham; appeared not to stay in the Irish Grand National; jockey won this on a 20-1 shot for the stable two years ago; runs well when fresh.

Spotlight: Maiden; 0-5 in chases; stayed well when second in the 3m4f Dublin National at Leopardstown in March; disappointed in a 3m Fairyhouse handicap in April; soundly beaten in a beginners' chase at the same venue 12 days ago; that run should have advanced his fitness; trainer appears to have stronger candidates.

Spotlight: Two wins over hurdles; inconsistent over fences; good effort when second in a Kilbeggan beginners' event (2m4f, yielding) in September; poor at Gowran on next start; looked a possible future handicap winner when second in an amateur riders' event over 3m1f at Cheltenham; 3lb out of the handicap, good 7lb claimer.

Spotlight: Won the 2024 Grand National Trial at Haydock; fine effort in third behind Stuzzikini in this event 12 months ago; lost form later in the campaign; tailed off sixth of nine finishers in the Munster National four weeks ago.

Spotlight: Won Punchestown's Grand National Trial in February (3m3f, soft) off 120; remote fifth of 16 in the Midlands National at Uttoxeter; brought down at the second when 16-1 chance for the Punchestown festival race in which Answer To Kayf was sixth; 10-1, pulled up in the Cork National a fortnight ago, "never travelled" according to Jack Kennedy; cheekpieces now.

Spotlight: Smart hurdler in his early days; all three chase wins recorded in small-field events between April and June this year; failed to make the grade in Grade 3 events before a livelier display at Cheltenham last month; trainer appears to have stronger contenders.

Spotlight: Seven-time winner; 3-11 in chases; showed he stays well with third in 3m3f Grand National Trial at Punchestown in February; won three-runner 3m2f event at Down Royal in March; struggled after early mistake in the Irish Grand National; Jack Kennedy's mount.

Spotlight: Very experienced handicap chaser who has been generally reliable over the past 12 months; improved his strike rate (now 5-40 over fences) by winning two handicaps at Kilbeggan during the summer; best at around 2m4f.

Spotlight: Three-time chase winner; won a 3m rated chase at Fairyhouse in February 2024 for Gavin Cromwell; ran only twice over fences last season; up with the pace throughout when an excellent second behind Nick Rockett in the Thyestes; prominent to two out in the 3m3f Grand National Trial at Punchestown in February; has joined John McConnell.

Spotlight: Wide-margin winner of Punchestown's 3m3f Grand National Trial on heavy ground the season before last; remote fourth in the Kim Muir the following month; let down by his jumping in big staying handicaps last season; completed only once from four attempts, tailed off in the Thyestes.

Spotlight: Sole success from 18 starts was gained in a Listed handicap chase at this venue in March (2m4f, heavy); again ran well when third in a novice handicap over a slightly shorter trip than this here in February (Verdant Place 5l away in fourth); out of form in two runs since return from a summer break; 7lb out of the handicap.

Spotlight: Bumper/maiden hurdle winner for Gordon Elliott; 0-6 chasing, fair second to the odds-on Spanish Harlem in a five-runner Punchestown novice in June; beaten favourite in a small-field contest at Kilbeggan the following month; others are more appealing