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.
3.40 NIGHT AND DAY4.15 FACILE VEGA4.50 BRAZIL5.25 ENERGUMENE6.00 SPECULATRIX6.35 JOURNEY WITH ME7.10 VITAL ISLAND7.45 NINTH LOCH1.50 RECON MISSION2.25 EPICTETUS3.00 EDUCATOR3.35 HASEEFAH4.10 HEY LYLA4.45ALPHA CRUCIS2.05 VITRALITE2.40 SIR BOLTON3.15 ZIRYAB3.50 OPEN MARKET4.25 SMOOTH RYDER5.00 HAN SOLO BERGER5.35 JENEVER1.40 POLYPHONIC2.15 KALPAGA2.50 JAZZ KING3.25 PRINCE DES FICHAUX4.00 BUMPY JOHNSON (NAP)4.35 ST PATRICKS BRIDGE5.10 ABAYA DU MATHAN5.55 NON MOLLARE6.25 EIGHT MILE6.55 GOOD MORALS7.25 BALLYMORE VISION8.00 SCARBOROUGH CASTLE8.30 EQUIAMI9.00 MAY REMAIN
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