Champion stayer and leading National Hunt sire Kayf Tara has died at the age of 28.

Cheltenham Festival-winning rider Noel Fehily could have two runners on the Thursday of the meeting with his racing syndicate.

Queen Mother Champion Chase hero Special Tiara is likely to start the new campaign back at Cheltenham in the Shloer Chase next month.

Special Tiara (11/1) delivered the finest performance of his career to be crowned a shock winner of the 2017 Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase with a superb front-running performance in the two-mile chasing championship, the feature race on day two, Ladies Day, of the Cheltenham Festival.

Special Tiara bounced back to form to win the 32Red Desert Orchid Chase for a second time at Kempton.