Ante-post favourite Sarafina and last year's winner Workforce feature among a list of 19 entries for Sunday's Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
Alain de Royer-Dupre's Sarafina finished a luckless third in Europe's premier middle-distance prize a year ago, while Sir Michael Stoute's Workforce needs to bounce back, having been beaten in the King George at Ascot on his latest appearance.
All the other major initial entries have stood their ground, with So You Think and St Nicholas Abbey among a team of six for Aidan O'Brien. The others are Treasure Beach, Regent Street, Seville and Wonder Of Wonders.
Ed Dunlop's star filly Snow Fairy is another entry, but Godolphin do not intend to run Casamento, who went some way to repairing his reputation when successful at the track earlier this month.
Royer-Dupre has a strong hand with Reliable Man and Shareta also in the mix, while Japanese raiders Hiruno D'Amour and Nakayama Festa are other intriguing contenders.
There is still the chance for horses to be supplemented for the race, but connections of those runners will have to stump up 100,000 euros by Thursday. John Gosden's King George hero Nathaniel falls into this bracket.
The Clarehaven handler's racing secretary, Peter Shoemark, said: "If he's going to run he'll have to be supplemented on Thursday, but we're monitoring the weather."
Even if Nathaniel does not take his chance, Gosden could still be represented by Arctic Cosmos, who has not been seen since winning last year's St Leger.
Shoemark added: "He's been left in at this stage. We want to have a look at it. He's in the Arc and also in the Cumberland Lodge at Ascot on Saturday, so hopefully he runs somewhere this weekend."
The other horse prominent in ante-post lists who would need to be supplemented is Meandre, who could bid to give Andre Fabre a remarkable eighth Arc victory, while German raider Danedream could also be added to the field.
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