Punchestown Festival: Favourite Energumene wins Champion Chase
Energumene won the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham Festival. Willie Mullins won Champion Novices' Chase with Capodanno. Gordon Elliott had four winners, including Mighty Potter in the novice hurdle. Envoi Allen came third and Captain Guinness fourth. Sir Gerhard finished third. Party Central won in opener. Felix Desjy and Absolute Notions were also winners. The winner was a 25-1 Bumper winner.
Energumene won the race on the ground that would have suited most of the other horses. Chacun Pour Soi has had a great career and hopefully he'll win more races. Mullins will plan next year with both horses and probably go down different paths.
Energumene's only defeat came at the hands of Shishkin in a barnstorming clash at Ascot in January. Shisheskin failed to fire for the rematch at Cheltenham. Mullins learned a lot from Asfoc and Paul has been riding him since.
