Our Ben tops National weights
The exciting novice must carry top weight of 11st 12lb after he was last seen unseating Ruby Walsh at the third fence in the Royal and SunAlliance Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.
Mullins will also be represented by another novice in Homer Wells.
Dun Doire missed the cut for the Aintree equivalent last week but will carry the hopes of Tony Martin at Fairyhouse.
The seven-year-old was a winner at Cheltenham after finishing with a rattling late run up the hill to win the William Hill Trophy Handicap Chase - his seventh victory in eight starts.
GVA Ireland, who won the Midlands Grand National in testing conditions last month, is set to take his chance along with 2004 Cheltenham Gold Cup third Harbour Pilot.
Noel Meade will also saddle Topham Chase faller Star Clipper and No Half Session, who will be ridden by Grand National-winning jockey Niall ‘Slippers’ Madden.
Tony McCoy will ride the JP McManus-owned Far From Trouble, who finished third behind Hot Weld in the Letheby & Christopher National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham.
Paul Nolan will be double-handed with Coljon and Kymandjen, while Ferdy Murphy’s Supreme Developer is the sole British representative in the three-mile-five-furlong contest.
Meanwhile, Missed That heads a star-studded field of nine runners in the Grade One Powers Gold Cup over two and a half miles at Fairyhouse tomorrow. .
The Willie Mullins-trained seven-year-old was last seen finishing sixth in the Irish Independent Arkle Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival.
However, before then he had bagged a brace of Grade One victories over two miles and had also won the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham the previous year.
He will not have it all his own way though as Arkle fourth Wild Passion and comfortable Leopardstown scorer In Compliance are also in the line-up.
Also taking on the Mullins horse is Nickname for Grand National-winning trainer Martin Brassil, as well as late Arkle withdrawal Justified for Eamon Sheehy.
“I’ve been happy enough with him since Cheltenham,” said Mullins.
“I’m not of the opinion they went too fast for him in the Arkle.
“I just think it was more that a lot of my horses ran below par at the Festival and he didn’t run his race.
“I’ve been really happy with them all since though and I’m hoping he’ll show his true form.
“The fact that Hedgehunter has been the only one to have given his running recently could be down to the fact that he is a little bit older than the rest.
