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All-Conquering Mullins Lands Champion Chase with Il Etait Temps
Il Etait Temps won by 10 lengths in the feature Queen Mother Champion Chase, marking a treble day for trainer Willie Mullins with five Irish wins, officials said.
- Trainer Willie Mullins' Il Etait Temps won the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham on Wednesday, ridden by Paul Townend, surviving a final-fence scare.
- Trainer Mullins' stable depth meant Il Etait Temps was available to step up when odds-on stablemate Majborough disappointed, with Townend saying, 'It shows how tough he is to have travelled, taken the fall, and then come back'.
- Despite a last-fence error, Il Etait Temps still pulled away to win by 10 lengths at 5-2 odds, with Libberty Hunter second at 50-1, and Paul Townend appeared motionless aboard.
- His victory completed a treble for Mullins as Irish trainers won five of the seven races in front of a crowd of just over 46,000, while Paul Townend edged closer to Barry Geraghty's 43 Festival wins.
- Amid the race's aftermath, HMS Seahorse, Irish runner, had to be put down after a fall, and Craig Kieswetter, owner, said, 'We would take standing in the cold here for something like that, instead of the warmth of South Africa.
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Il Etait Temps survives final-fence scare to win Queen Mother Champion Chase
Unsuccessful in three previous visits to the showpiece meeting, Willie Mullins' pint-sized grey was a faller at Ascot on his most recent start but bounced back to the form he showed when winning the Tingle Creek in December.
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