Confirmed runners and riders for Thurles and Lingfield on Sunday

Chacun Pour Soi will step up to 2m4½f for the first the time in Sunday's Horse & Jockey Hotel Chase (1.40) at Thurles, although it will not be a straightforward assignment with high-class chaser Fakir D'Oudairies heading the opposition.

The Willie Mullins-trained 11-year-old, a multiple Grade 1 winner, finished a disappointing third in the Paddy's Rewards Club Chase at Leopardstown at Christmas, and bids to get back to winning ways at a trip he has never tried before.

However, he faces a tough challenge against four-time top-level winner Fakir D'Oudairies, who is also among a field of six for the Grade 2 contest.

The Joseph O'Brien-trained eight-year-old was a distant second behind Galopin Des Champs in Punchestown's John Durkan Chase last month, and finished runner-up in this contest behind Allaho last year.

Mullins will also be represented by Royal Rendezvous and Haut En Couleurs, while Paddy Power Gold Cup runner-up French Dynamite and Lifetime Ambition complete the field.

Also on the card, leading Mares' Chase contender Allegorie De Vassy takes on five rivals in the Grade 2 mares' novice chase (1.10).

The six-year-old was a wide-margin winner at the same level at Limerick's festive meeting last time and is likely to be the short-priced favourite to score again.

At Lingfield's Winter Million meeting, Two For Gold will bid to win the Fleur De Lys Chase (2.00) for the second year in a row and faces five rivals in the £165,000 contest.

The field also includes Bristol De Mai, who holds an engagement in Saturday's Peter Marsh Chase, while fellow veteran Kalashnikov has been declared too.

In the £100,000 2m3½f hurdle (3.30), Goshen will bid to make amends for last year, when he hung badly right and finished third, and heads a field of seven for the contest.

The popular performer will come up against classy hurdler First Street as well as Metier, winner of last year's Sovereign Handicap Hurdle, which has attracted a field of 11 in its rescheduled slot (2.30).

Horse & Jockey Hotel Chase runners and riders

Chacun Pour Soi Paul Townend
Fakir D'OudairiesJJ Slevin
Royal RendezvousDanny Mullins
French DynamiteDarragh O'Keeffe
Lifetime AmbitionRachael Blackmore
Haut En CouleursBryan Cooper

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