Horse Racing: Punchestown Champion Chase

THERE is nothing like the Punchestown Festival, which is always a great week. It's the biggest Jumps meeting of the year in Ireland and it always delivers top-class racing - I'm sure this year will be no different. The feature race on the opening day is the William Hill Champion Chase and I was lucky enough to ride some great two-milers to…

THE PUNCHESTOWN Festival gets under way on Tuesday, April 25 with racing fans set to flock to the Naas track despite a mixed weather forecast. The Kildare racecourse will see around 35k punters each day between Tuesday and Saturday April 29. Ahead of things all getting started, here are the key details to know for day one for those not lucky enough…

Energumene bids to cement his status as the king of the two-mile chasers by securing back-to-back victories in the William Hill Champion Chase on today's opening meeting of the Punchestown Festival. The nine-year-old provided Willie Mullins with a first win in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham last season before putting the seal on his…

The Punchestown Festival gets under way this afternoon to kick-off five days of racing action at the Co Kildare track. There are three Grade Ones on the card, including the William Hill Champion Chase, which is the feature contest of the day at 5.25pm. Energumene is the odds-on favourite for the two-mile race as he aims to follow up his Champion…

Journey With Me is the one they all have to beat in the Dooley Insurance Group Champion Novice Chase at Punchestown as the action kicks off today. The festival is going to be a very different experience for me this year 12 months on from retiring at the meeting. I had a hip replacement last Tuesday so I won't be in attendance in Kildare this week.…

Energumene will face five rivals in the William Hill Champion Chase () on Tuesday as he bids to complete the Cheltenham and Punchestown festival double for the second year in a row. The Willie Mullins-trained nine-year-old landed his second Queen Mother Champion Chase in March and will be a red-hot favourite to follow up at Punchestown once…

Festival fever is in the air at Punchestown as the five-day event, which starts today, is expected to smash all previous attendance records. acing chiefs are predicting 137000 punters will make their way to the Kildare racecourse this week for what has been renamed the "Great Comeback" festival. As a clear sign that punters are champing at the bit…

Chacun Pour Soi: will be ridden by Patrick Mullins in the William Hill Champion Chase at Punchestown on Tuesday The blockbuster showdown between Chacun Pour Soi and Energumene in the William Hill Champion Chase (5.25) at Punchestown on Tuesday has Patrick Mullins bubbling with excitement as he looks forward to being reunited with the course…