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Three former winners are among this year’s foxhunter chase, the 2003 scorer Kingscliff (12/1 Skybet), Sleeping Night (50/1 Stan James) who was successful in 2005 and the 2008 winner -Amicelli (10/1 Ladbrokes) trained by Cherry Coward.If you don’t fancy backing a past champion then this year’s hopefull is the prolific point-to-point scorer Cappa Bleu (6/1 Ladbrokes) from the yard of Sheila Crow. There are nine entries from Ireland, including Carronmhills (14/1 Boylesports), a winner at Thurles in January.Juveigneur, successful in the 2005 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Chase at The Festival when trained by Nicky Henderson, has been impressive in Irish point-to-points this season for his current handler Eugene O’Sullivan and is the deserved favourite at 6/1 with William Hill.Champion trainer Paul Nicholls, seeking his third success in the contest, could be represented by the evergreen veteran Royal Auclair (12/1 Ladbrokes) who has scored on his latest two outings in hunter chase company.Other interesting contenders include the Venetia William-trained Limerick Boy (16/1 Bet365), who has scored cosily on his last two starts and Murphy’s Cardinal (20/1 Sportingbet) from the Noel Chance stable, who won impressively at Haydock last time out.