Master Minded today headed 14 possibles who stood their ground for next Wednesday's Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham, and remains the clear market leader at 5-6.
The Paul Nicholls trained seven-year-old, is bidding to emulate the brilliant Badsworth Boy, who won the two-mile showpiece three times from 1983 to 1985.
Among his possible rivals next week are stable companions Twist Magic (7-1) and Free World (100-1), as well as the first two home in last year's Arkle - Forpadydeplasterer (9-1) and Kalahari King (5-1).
Also among today's declarations were Colm Murphy's Big Zeb (9-1), and "old timers" Well Chief (33-1) and Newmill (125-1).
Completing the acceptors were Barker (33-1), Cornas (100-1), Golden Silver (40-1), Mahogany Blaze (100-1), Oh Crick (50-1) and Petit Robin (25-1).
