The Cheltenham winners Frodon and Altior will go head-to-head at Kempton on SaturdayTwo of the major winners at last year’s Cheltenham Festival are on course to meet at Kempton on Saturday following confirmation from the trainer Paul Nicholls that Frodon, who took the Ryanair Chase last March, is an intended runner in the Grade Two Silviniaco Conti Chase this weekend, when his likely opponents will include Altior, the Champion Chase winner in 2018 and 2019.
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Both Frodon and Altior will be hoping to register their first wins of the current season. Altior suffered his first defeat in 20 runs over fences when he was beaten by Cyrname, a stable companion of Frodon, at Ascot on 23 November while Frodon and his regular rider, Bryony Frost, were only third of four starters in the Betfair Chase at Haydock the same afternoon.