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Faugheen is still in the mix for the Unibet Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.
Willie Mullins has left in the 2015 winner, along with stablemates Yorkhill and Min.
Last year's winner Buveur D'Air is long odds-on to retain his crown and will face a maximum of 18 rivals, barring any late supplementary entries.
He looks set to be joined by his stable companion My Tent Or Yours, who has finished second in the Champion Hurdle on three occasions.
Just four horses have been taken out and they include last year's Triumph Hurdle winner Defi Du Seuil, who has failed to rediscover his best form so far this season, and The New One, who is set to step up in trip for the Sun Bet Stayers' Hurdle.
The New One is one of 26 remaining contenders for that three-mile event. His main rivals include Irish Champion Hurdle winner Supasundae, Jedd O'Keeffe's stable star Sam Spinner, last year's Albert Bartlett winner Penhill and Yanworth, who still has the option of returning to the smaller obstacles despite running over fences so far this term.
Twelve horses have been removed including the 2015 winner Cole Harden, Bapaume and Willoughby Court.
Apple's Jade is still in the Champion Hurdle and the Stayers' Hurdle, but connections have insisted she will bid for successive victories in the OLBG Mares' Hurdle, for which she will be a hot favourite.
Gordon Elliott's six-year-old probably has most to fear from a battalion of entries for her former trainer Mullins including Benie Des Dieux, Let's Dance and Vroum Vroum Mag.
The 27 remaining entries also include the Warren Greatrex-trained La Bague Au Roi, who is still in the Stayers' Hurdle.
The six scratchings include Copper Kay and Dame Rose.
