Nicky Henderson's exciting young hurdler Aegean Dawn is among 40 entries for the Paddy Power Imperial Cup at Sandown on Saturday.
The six-year-old is set to warm up for a possible attempt at a £75,000 bonus given by the sponsors on his first outing since defeating Champion Hurdle fancy Mille Chief at Ascot in November.
Henderson, who took this race with Dave's Dream in 2009, has three other Imperial entries in Eradicate, Giorgio Quercus and Owen Glendower. The Seven Barrows trainer will have one eye on the pay-out offered for any horse that can win that and follow up in a race at the Festival a few days later.
Aegean Dawn has two options at Cheltenham - the Coral Cup and the Vincent O'Brien County Handicap Hurdle.
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