Racing: Brave Inca faces eight rivals when he tackles three miles for the first time in the Dunboyne Castle Hotel & Spa Stayers' Hurdle at Punchestown on Thursday.
Colm Murphy's star performer was last seen finishing second to Sublimity in the Champion Hurdle, a race he won in 2006.
The seven-year-old faces stiff opposition headed by the Henry Daly-trained Mighty Man.
He followed up his second behind Inglis Drever in the Ladbrokes World Hurdle with a convincing victory in the Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree.
The two other British-trained runners are Jonjo O'Neill's Refinement and World Hurdle fourth United from Lucy Wadham's stable.
Willie Mullins saddles the 13-year-old Adamant Approach while Edward O'Grady's Sky's The Limit was well beaten in this race last year.
The field is completed by Essex, Powerstation and Kenilworth.
