45 horses remain in the £250,000 Ladbrokes Trophy at Newbury on Saturday December 2, including Singlefarmpayment.
He enjoyed a fruitful first season over fences, scoring at Cheltenham in December and going down by a short-head to Un Temps Pour Tout when taking on seasoned opposition in the Ultima Handicap Chase at the Festival in March.
He returned to Prestbury Park last month for his seasonal reappearance, again filling the runner-up spot behind Cogry,
Trainer Tom George said: "Singlefarmpayment is on course for the Ladbrokes Trophy. He has come out of his first run of the season at Cheltenham in good form.
"We needed to get that run into him as he is an excitable. Giving him that outing at Cheltenham has helped to just take the edge off of him before we go to Newbury."
He is 8/1 second favourite with Sky Bet behind the Willie Mullins-trained Total Recall and Harry Fry's American, who head the market at 7/1.
Nicky Henderson won the race three times when it was known as the Hennessy and has Whisper (12/1), O O Seven (20/1) and Vyta Du Roc (25/1) entered this time around.
The weights are headed by Coneygree (14/1), the 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup hero, whose half-brother Carruthers landed what is now the Ladbrokes Trophy back in 2011.
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