Take The Breeze heads the weights as 13 runners were declared for the Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock Park on Saturday.
The Paul Nicholls-trained eight-year-old has been off the track since filling the runner-up spot in Ascot's United House Gold Cup back in October and will concede weight all round on his return to action.
Pat Murphy's Maktu is turned out just a fortnight after running a fine fifth in the Welsh National, while Malcolm Jefferson's King Fontaine returns to Merseyside following two course successes in November.
Madison Du Berlais was sixth in the King George VI Chase at Kempton just a week ago but is back on the racecourse again for the David Pipe team.
Howard Johnson's Frankie Figg was successful over the Grand National fences in the Grand Sefton on his latest start and Becauseicouldntsee is an interesting challenger from Ireland.
