FELIX de Giles is hoping the sacrifice of having to go into quarantine to ride Easysland in the Glenfarclas Cross-Country Chase will be rewarded with victory at the Cheltenham Festival.

De Giles, who has been based in France for the last five years, is delighted to have picked up the plum mount – although it does mean has to serve five days in quarantine both sides of his one day at the biggest jumps meeting of them all.