Last Instalment will put his unbeaten record over fences on the line in the Dr PJ Moriarty Novice Chase at Leopardstown on Sunday.
Philip Fenton’s seven-year-old has barely come off the bridle on each of his three starts this season, completing the hat-trick with a brilliant Grade One-winning performance at Leopardstown over Christmas.
Fenton said: “We’ve been happy with him since he ran at Christmas. The ground was fairly good the last day and I see it has dried out a bit at Leopardstown over the last few days, but that isn’t a worry. He seems to be in great shape.”
Nicky Henderson’s Captain Conan has been supplemented for the Deloitte Novice Hurdle on the same card.
The French recruit already has a Grade One win to his name, having beaten Colour Squadron by a short head on his British debut in Sandown’s Tolworth Hurdle.
Henderson said: “He worked very well on Tuesday morning and I spoke to Barry (Geraghty) and he said why not give it a go, so the plan is to run.
“We could run him in an ordinary race with a Grade One penalty and not find out a great deal, so we’ll let him take his chance and that will tell us where he’ll go for the rest of the season.”
Willie Mullins’ Ut De Sivola looks poised to take the step up to Grade One class in the Spring Juvenile Hurdle.
The French import has made swift progress for his new trainer, taking a maiden hurdle at Clonmel and a Grade Three at Punchestown, and looks one of the leading Irish contenders for the Triumph Hurdle at present.
Mullins has also entered Darroun, Midnight Oil, Shamar and Gorgeous Sixty.