Saturday’s Betfair Tingle Creek looks set to be a mouthwatering renewal as Il Etait Temps, Jonbon and L’Eau Du Sud all featured on the final declaration list that was revealed at 10am on Thursday morning.

Il Etait Temps will be looking to uphold form with Jonbon having run out a commanding five and a half length winner of the Celebration Chase when they met over course and distance in April and following a comprehensive reappearance success in the Clonmel Oil Chase, Willie Mullins' charge is a general shade of odds-on chance to land the Sandown prize.

Despite also holding an entry in the Peterborough Chase at Huntingdon on Sunday, Jonbon looks like attempting to land a third successive Tingle Creek. Nicky Henderson's top-class chaser has developed something of a love affair with Sandown in recent years but will head to Esher looking to regain the winning thread having suffered a fifteen-length defeat to Dan Skelton's L'Eau Du Sud in the Shloer Chase on his return to action at Cheltenham.

With Edwardstone not declared, Boothill and Libberty Hunter round out the field of five.

Elsewhere on the card, Nicky Henderson's Lulamba will return to Grade 1 level as he looks to make it two from two over fences in the Betfair Henry VIII Novices' Chase.

A winner of the Ballymore Champion Four Year Old Hurdle at the Punchestown Festival last season, Lulamba made a perfect start to life over fences at Exeter and will face just three rivals as he heads to Sandown for the second time in his career.

Sam Thomas had both Steel Ally and Lump Sum engaged at the five-day stage but will rely on the latter, who also looks to remain unbeaten as a chaser following his wide-margin Uttoxeter success.

Dan Skelton's Cheltenham runner-up Be Aware also stood his ground, with Alnilam left to complete the quartet.