Punters are backing Al Boum Photo to land a historic third victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Willie Mullins' chasing star is 9-4 with Paddy Power to join legends Cottage Rake, Arkle and Best Mate in the record books.
Al Boum Photo has to defeat 11 rivals to join the trio, the only horses to have bagged the hat-trick since World War II.
Mullins has kept to the tried and tested route of preparing him for the big occasion with one run at Tramore on New Year's Day – and the vibes about the nine-year-old are good.
Savills Chase scorer A Plus Tard (100-30) and Champ (11-2) are the next two runners in Paddy Power's betting – with the rest of the field priced at 8-1 or bigger.
Here we take a look at three of the best each-way contenders:
Minella Indo 15-2
Jack Kennedy's mount took the 2019 Albert Bartlett, which gives his backers optimism he will stay the Gold Cup trip.
Caught by Champ in last year's RSA, after duelling for the lead with Allaho, that looks strong form given the latter's Ryanair Chase victory on Thursday.
He clearly loves Cheltenham and he is right in the mix if he has benefited from his run behind Kemboy in the Irish Gold Cup.
Native River 14-1
A Festival veteran, he is making his fourth appearance in the Gold Cup.
The 2018 winner has always run well in the race and is a credit to trainer Colin Tizzard, who is saddling his final runners at the meeting.
He put in an excellent effort to win at Grade 2 level at Sandown last time out, producing a polished round of jumping.
Backers can rest assured he will give his all once more.
Kemboy 18-1
Took his Grade 1 tally to four with success in the Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown last month.
Yet to fire in this race, when well-fancied for the past two renewals, he has to improve a little in the jumping department.
If he can, there is no doubting he has some strong form and the class to be right in contention up the famous hill.
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