Ryanair Chase victor Riverside Theatre heads a three-strong team from the Nicky Henderson stable in Aintree's Betfred Bowl.
The eight-year-old got up in the dying strides at Cheltenham and his jockey Barry Geraghty is confident he will be even better over this longer distance.
"I'd be more than happy over three miles, he looked like a stayer at Cheltenham, maybe he even wanted further. He didn't jump the first two well, he jumped OK during the race but never really travelled and he found everything hard work for a horse that's won the Ascot Chase twice," said the Irish rider.
"Whether he slightly had an off-day, maybe that was it. He was a different horse to what we saw at Ascot but I wouldn't blame the track. Maybe he was just a bit flat having his second run back (after a long absence). His best runs might be right-handed but that's just where he's been, he's won at Newbury so I wouldn't read much into that."
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