Top novices set for Leopardstown clash

Dual Cheltenham Festival hero Champagne Fever and Grade One winner Don Cossack are the headline acts among nine entries for the Boylesports.com Killiney Novice Chase at Leopardstown on Saturday.

The Willie Mullins-trained Champagne Fever was beaten by Defy Logic over two miles at Christmas and would be stepping back up in trip to two miles and five furlongs.

Don Cossack lost out narrowly to Morning Assembly in the Florida Pearl Novice Chase but won the Drinmore in determined fashion, beating Galway Plate winner Carlingford Lough.