Denman will take on five rivals in the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown on Friday.

Ferdy Murphy is looking forward to pitching L’Antartique into Grade One company in the Lexus Chase on December 28.

Sunday’s impressive Punchestown winner The Listener has returned to his stable in Dorset, England, in much the same shape as when he left.

The mighty Denman might not have everything his own way in the Lexus Chase later in the month as 2006 winner The Listener showed his well-being ahead of a repeat bid with an emphatic success at Punchestown.

THE LISTENER gets a confident vote to run his rivals ragged in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup Chase at Leopardstown this afternoon.