All eyes will be on Hurricane Fly as he attempts to win the BHP Insurance Irish Champion Hurdle for the third year in a row at Leopardstown. 

The 2011 Champion Hurdle hero at Cheltenham lock horns with 2010 winner Binocular while Captain Cee Bee, Thousand Stars and One Cool Shabra complete the five-runner field.

The first race goes to post at 12.25 after the course passed an early morning inspection.