Defending champ Queen Anna and the ’17 National Sprint runner-up Trapstyle Jet both return to Nottingham for the 2018 competition which gets underway on Monday.

Oversubscribed by 17 entries, there are virtually no notable absentees from a field that includes such notable names as Kilmore Lemon, , Stringer Bell, Chopchop Hope, Blakes Flyer plus Roxholme Hat, Newlawn Adam and Troy Bella (the last three of which are fastest trio over course and distance this year).