@richardforristal
With the incomparable Ruby Walsh and AP McCoy pulling the strings, it promises to be another thrilling spectacle, and the same revered duo will also be in the thick of what promises to be an utterly compelling edition of the Arkle Novices' Chase.
Walsh is aboard Mullins' insatiable front-runner Un De Sceaux, with McCoy on Gilgamboa, a horse with the potential to thrust Enda Bolger into the big time for real.
Throw Gordon Elliott's giant-slaying Clarcam into the mix under the excellent Bryan Cooper, and it just might be the best three-runner race we'll see all year.
have his jumping thoroughly examined.
The evidence of his Fairyhouse display suggested that he has learned from his careless Thurles fall, but Clarcam and Gilgamboa may well have the quality to keep tabs on him early and at the very least test his fencing in the final quarter-mile.
Clarcam receives a valuable 10lb allowance. He may have been a slightly fortuitous conqueror of Vautour last time, but he is clearly a better chaser than he was a hurdler, so he shouldn't be underestimated.
Gilgamboa is even more of an unknown quantity, though he has looked versatile in terms of trip and ground. His form was franked when Wounded Warrior, third behind him at Limerick, won a Grade Two in style at Navan. As a strong traveller and clean jumper, the sky is still the limit for the seven-year-old.
Verdict - This will be fascinating but Un De Sceaux may be something special.
