Altior can regain his crown in the Creek

Altior can show he is still the two-mile king by regaining his crown in the Betfair Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown tomorrow.

The dual Champion Chase hero is unbeaten in five races over the distance at the Esher venue, including this race in 2018, when beating Un De Sceaux.

He bypassed this contest last year as trainer Nicky Henderson decided to try him over two and half miles at Ascot.

However, things did not go to plan as he had a hard race when beaten by Cyrname and he did not run again until February, before an injury then prevented him from bidding for a Champion Chase hattrick.

Henderson reports Altior to be flying at home and that he will go down the two-mileroute this season.

He may be 10 years old – but that age did not stop Moscow Flyer from winning this race for a second time in 2004.

Budding young prospects get their chance to strut their stuff in the Planteur At Chapel Stud Henry VIII Novices’ Chase.

Allmankind could be the ace in the pack judged on his emphatic triumph by 13 lengths at Warwick.

Dan Skelton’s four-year-old was a bit of a tearaway over hurdles but looked a natural when making an impressive winning debut over fences four weeks ago.

It was without doubt a tiptop performance, though this will be a much stiffer test. He is taking on fellow promising types, but there was something special about Allmankind’s Warwick display.

Classic Ben was favourite for the void Betfair Exchange Back And Lay London National Handicap Chase last year. Twelve months on and Stuart Edmunds’ charge can put the record straight.

He had a pipe-opener at Exeter last month on his first run since February. That should put him spot on for this.

Rams es De Te il lee has been having quite a time of it over hurdles and fences since he was pulled up in the 2019 Grand National.

He has four of his seven races with the only one over the bigger obstacles coming on his latest start at Cheltenham, where he ground out a narrow success over Yala Enki.

The David Pipe-trained grey is as hard as nails and is a relentless galloper who jumps well in the main.

The National fences should make him concentrate and he seems sure to go close on his return to Aintree for the William

Hill Becher Handicap Chase.

Lord Du Mesnil can take the other race over these unique obstacles, the William Hill

Grand Sefton Handicap Chase.

The seven-year-old was a dual winner at Haydock last December and was runnerup in both the Betfred Grand National Trial there and the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham.