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IL ETAIT TEMPS will try to stake his claim to the two-mile chasing crown when he lines up for Willie Mullins in today's Betfair Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown.

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It was when emphatically downing Jonbon in the Celebration Chase on the final day of the season that this Grade One showpiece came on the radar for the Closutton team and after breezing to victory in the Clonmel Oil Chase on his early-season reappearance, now heads to Esher in search of a sixth top-level prize.

“There's massive excitement and he’s been a great servant who owes us nothing, so we're very much looking forward to the race on Saturday," said Ross Doyle, racing manager for owners Hollywood Racing & Barnane Stud.