Top turnout for Champion Hurdle

The last four winners of the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle could reoppose at the Cheltenham Festival as Hardy Eustace, Brave Inca, Sublimity and Katchit are among 34 possibles for this year’s renewal.

Ante-post favourite Binocular is still one of the contenders and is part of a strong hand for Nicky Henderson, with stablemates Afsoun, Punjabi, Sentry Duty and Aigle D’Or also entered.