Grand Nationwide favorite Inothewayurthinkin has been added as a supplementary entry for the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday.
The seven-year-old, skilled by Gavin Cromwell for proprietor JP McManus, will bid to disclaim Galopin Des Champs a hat-trick within the race.
Truth To File and L’Homme Presse have been withdrawn, together with Conflated, Grangeclere West, Gray Dawning and Hewick.
That leaves 10 potential contenders for the Gold Cup, with the McManus-owned Truth To File set to run in Thursday’s shorter Ryanair Chase.
In the meantime at Sandown, Go Dante grew to become the primary back-to-back winner of the Imperial Cup for greater than 70 years.
L’Homme Presse’s absence from the Gold Cup leaves his Venetia Williams’ stablemate Royale Pagaille and The Actual Whacker, for Patrick Neville, as the one British-trained runners, with the rest from Eire.
Inowthewayurthinkin received the Kim Muir Chase at Cheltenham final 12 months earlier than a Grade One victory at Aintree.
He was fourth behind Galopin Des Champs within the Irish Gold Cup final month and has been added to the English showpiece, which has a primary prize of £350,000, at the price of £25,000.
Inowthewayurthinkin is rated a few 7-1 probability by bookmakers for the Gold Cup, for which the 2023 and 2024 winner Galopin Des Champs is the 1-2 favorite.
Galopin Des Champs is bidding to develop into the primary triple winner since Finest Mate in 2004 and solely the second after Arkle within the Sixties.
Different hopefuls embody King George VI Chase winner Banbridge and one other McManus entry, Corbetts Cross.
Inothewayurthinkin is a few 7-1 favorite for the Grand Nationwide at Aintree on 5 April – 22 days after the Gold Cup.
Just one horse – Golden Miller in 1934 – has received each races in the identical season.
Cheltenham Gold Cup entries: Ahoy Senor, Banbridge, Corbetts Cross, Galopin Des Champs, Gentlemansgame, Inothewayurthinkin, Jungle Boogie, Monty’s Star, Royale Pagaille, The Actual Whacker.
