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Grozny among International Hurdle entries

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Ivan Grozny heads the Irish challenge in the stanjames.com International Hurdle at Cheltenham on Saturday.

The Willie Mullins-trained six-year-old, whose last two wins over jumps have both come at Tipperary, is among the 10 entries for the Grade Two contest.

Owned by Andrea and Graham Wylie, he ran out a ready winner of the Istabraq Hurdle on his latest start and made a successful raid to England when scoring at Aintree in April.

There is a second Irish entry in Gordon Elliott's Labaik, who refused to race in the Royal Bond Novice Hurdle at Fairyhouse on Sunday.

Dual winner The New One could make his reappearance in the valuable event.

The eight-year-old, successful in 2013 and 2014, was to have made his chasing debut at Exeter last week.

However, when that meeting was lost to the weather, trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies named this race as a possible starting point.

Last year's winner Old Guard features again for trainer Paul Nicholls, while Yanworth is a fascinating contender.

The Alan King-trained six-year-old was a top novice last term and got the campaign off to a winning start in the Coral Hurdle at Ascot last month.

Yanworth's owner JP McManus also has the Nicky Henderson-trained pair of My Tent Or Yours and Hargam.

The list is completed by Melodic Rendezvous, Court Minstrel and Mister Miyagi.