Punchestown Festival Day 1 tips as Energumene to steal the show plus best bets from Epsom, Yarmouth, Ffos Las and Wolves

Willie Mullins will be looking for a big week on home soil as the Punchestown Festival gets underway with five fantastic days of racing in Ireland.

And the top trainer will be hoping Energumene can strike again after the nine-year-old's success at the Cheltenham Festival with a sensational performance to successfully defend his Queen Mother Champion Chase.

Energumene's leads a six-strong field at Punchestown and here Record Sport's Garry Owen picks out his selections for the Irish event and Tuesday's UK meetings.

PUNCHESTOWN

3.40 NIGHT AND DAY

4.15 FACILE VEGA

4.50 BRAZIL

5.25 ENERGUMENE

6.00 SPECULATRIX

6.35 JOURNEY WITH ME

7.10 VITAL ISLAND

7.45 NINTH LOCH

EPSOM

1.50 RECON MISSION

2.25 EPICTETUS

3.00 EDUCATOR

3.35 HASEEFAH

4.10 HEY LYLA

4.45ALPHA CRUCIS

YARMOUTH

2.05 VITRALITE

2.40 SIR BOLTON

3.15 ZIRYAB

3.50 OPEN MARKET

4.25 SMOOTH RYDER

5.00 HAN SOLO BERGER

5.35 JENEVER

FFOS LAS

1.40 POLYPHONIC

2.15 KALPAGA

2.50 JAZZ KING

3.25 PRINCE DES FICHAUX

4.00 BUMPY JOHNSON (NAP)

4.35 ST PATRICKS BRIDGE

5.10 ABAYA DU MATHAN

WOLVERHAMPTON

5.55 NON MOLLARE

6.25 EIGHT MILE