Quel eased as seven declared for Hennessy

QUEL ESPRIT, who was the general 11-10 favourite for the Hennessy Gold Cup on Sunday before Friday's declarations, has been pushed out to 6-5 by BetVictor and Stan James.

Quel Esprit was among seven declared for the Leopardstown Grade 1 and is still as short as evens with Coral, but BetVictor and Stan James have joined Paddy Power in making him a 6-5 shot.

Bostons Angel, set to wear cheekpieces for the first time, is the 7-2 next best with China Rock, the mount of Andrew Lynch, no bigger than 5-1 with Paddy Power.

Gigginstown House Stud's Magnanimity is a 7-1 chance with Boylesports while Follow The Plan, winner of last year's Guinness Gold Cup at Punchestown, Roberto Goldback and 40-1 outsider Treacle complete the line up.

The Nicky Henderson-trained supplementary entry Captain Conan faces six rivals in the Deloitte Novice Hurdle on the same card, while the John Ferguson-trained Asaid has 11 rivals in the opening Spring Juvenile Hurdle. 

On The Fringe, unsighted since finishing fourth in last year's Christie's Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival, is set to take on John Smith's Grand National hope Vic Venturi in the Raymond Smith Memorial Hunters Chase over 3m.

JP McManus's On The Fringe, the 6-1 second-favourite for this year's Foxhunter, will be facing Vic Venturi on his first run on the track since last May, having landed a brace of open point-to-points this season.