Shishkin is 2/5 with the sponsors to win Saturday's Betfair Denman Chase at Newbury on Saturday after figuring among five six-day entries.
Nicky Henderson's star blotted his copybook when refusing to race on his intended reappearance at Ascot but was still in front when stumbling and unseating Nico De Boinville two out in the Ladbrokes King George VI Chase on Boxing Day.
Chief threat looks to be Fleur De Lys Chase runner-up Protektorat (3/1) who is set to represent the Skeltons, with Hitman (7/1) Paul Nicholls' sole entry.
Does He Know and Sam Brown complete the possible field.
Henderson said of the market leader: “He’s very much on course for Saturday, I’m very happy with him. Considering everything, Kempton was his first run of the year and it was going to be a very good run. It might have been a winning one for all we know.
“Either way it was a great comeback run, he’ll have tightened up a bit for that, he’s ready for this weekend and away we go, I hope.”
Fry star Game Spirit favourite
Boothill is currently edging out Edwardstone for favouritism in the Betfair Game Spirit Chase on the same card.
Harry Fry's charge is the sponsors' 6/4 market leader with Edwardstone 2/1 as both look to bounce back to form. The former fell when bidding to complete a hat-trick for the season at Kempton over Christmas, while Alan King's charge was far too keen stepped up to two-and-a-half miles in the Coral Silviniaco Conti Chase at the same track last month.
Last year's winner Funambule Sivola (4/1), Editeur Du Gite (5/1), Calico (10/1) and Amarillo Sky (14/1) are the other entries.
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