Newmill heads Queen Mother 16

Last year's winner Newmill tops a list of 16 horses standing their ground in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham on Wednesday.

John Murphy's nine-year-old, who still holds an entry in Tuesday's Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle, is one of three Irish possibles for the two-mile feature, with Martin Brassil confirming the mud-loving Nickname, while Eamon Sheehy has left in Justified.