Not So Sleepy returns after 78 days off following a last of five finish in the Grade One Long Walk Hurdle at Kempton over Christmas, where Paisley Park stayed on to beat Goshen and Champ.
His last victory came in the Grade One Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle in November 2021 and has finished fifth in the last two runnings of this race.
Wasn’t disgraced when third of five in the 2022 Fighting Fifth, finishing behind Epatante and Constitution Hill but was a fair way away from the winner and won’t be close here.