PRIME TIME FOR TEMPS

Mullins' hotshot will feel right at home in the House

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IL ETAIT TEMPS fully merits his status as a hot favourite for the BetMGM Clarence House Stakes (3.30) at Ascot today.

Willie Mullins’ eight-year-old has landed seven of his nine outings over fences, a haul that includes five victories at the top level.

Il Etait Temps beat this afternoon rival, and defending champion, Jonbon by five and a half lengths in the top-level Celebration Chase at Sandown last April, a supremacy he extended to nine lengths in the Tingle Creek Chase in Esher in December.

A first visit to Ascot should not pose an issue to Paul Townend’s mount, who is head and shoulders above his three opponents.