David Pipe's ante-post favourite Hunterview has missed the cut for the Paddy Power Imperial Cup at Sandown on Saturday.
The Pipe family have landed the handicap eight times and although their four-year-old was strongly backed during the week, he did not make today's final 24 declarations.
The new favourite is the Philip Hobbs-trained and JP McManus-owned Qaspal at 5-1, who comes into the race on a hat-trick following successes at Kempton and Sandown and will be in line for a £75,000 bonus from Paddy Power if he can follow up in any race at Cheltenham next week.
Paddy Power Imperial Cup:
Sponsors bet: 5-1 Qaspal, 7-1 Pepe Simo, 10-1 Aather, 12-1 Oldrik, 12-1 Press The Button, 12-1 Caravel, 16-1 Pascha Bere, 16-1 Tocca Ferro, 18-1 Wade Farm Billy, 20-1 Dani's Girl, 20-1 Numide, 20-1 Tender Falcon, 25-1 bar.
