Willie Mullins is responsible for seven of the 25 horses at the six-day entry stage for the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival next Wednesday.

Mullins has saddled a record eight previous winners of the two-mile Grade One and heading this year's squad is the mare Augusta Kate who is unbeaten after two starts and carries the colours of a celebrity syndicate that includes Ant and Dec, Alan Shearer and Lee Westwood.

Mullins can also call upon Avenir D'Une Vie who could be a rare Champion Bumper runner for Gigginstown House Stud, Bacardys Battleford Castello Sforza Turcagua and Very Much So

The Jessica Harrington-trained New To This Town Dermot Weld's First Figaro and Winsome Bucks from Tom Hogan's yard are the three other potential challengers from Ireland.

The home team includes Ballyandy trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies, John Ferguson's High Bridge and the Sue Gardner-trained Coeur Blimey