TEMPS IS REDHOT

Mullins ace upstages hotpot Maj

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IL ETAIT TEMPS dismissed top opposition to break his Cheltenham hoodoo in the BetMGM Queen Mother Champion Chase and headline a 503-1 treble for Willie Mullins.

The £400,000 Grade One feature centred around the winner's stablemate Majborough, out to stop the rot for odds-on favourites in the last decade.

But like Defi Du Seuil, Chacun Pour Soi, Shishkin, El Fabiolo and Jonbon, he failed to measure up and was batted away by Il Etait Temps after taking the third-last fence by its roots.

As soon as Harry Skelton took a peek behind on L'Eau Du Sud, Paul Townend appeared on the scene aboard the 5-2 winner.