Paisley Park bids to defy the odds and become the first horse since Inglis Drever to regain the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham on Thursday.

Lisnagar Oscar will head straight to the Cheltenham Festival for the Stayers’ Hurdle after finishing third in the Cleeve Hurdle at the weekend.

Paisley Park claimed his third successive victory in the Welsh Marches Stallions At Chapel Stud Cleeve Hurdle Cleeve Hurdle with an astonishing run that saw him almost left at the start.

Champ headlines five contenders for Saturday’s Welsh Marches Stallions At Chapel Stud Cleeve Hurdle, one of the feature contests on Cheltenham’s Festival Trials day.

Novice duo set for next Festival challenge