Energumene beats Chacun Pour Soi in a Punchestown thriller!
Chacun Pour Soi made his younger stablemate Energumene pull out all the stops in a thrilling renewal of the William Hill Champion Chase at Punchestown.
ENERGUMENE RETAINS THE CHAMPION CHASE
Energumene defended his Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase crown in imperious style at Cheltenham, routing the opposition to become the first back-to-back winner of the day two feature since Master Minded in 2008 and 2009.
Big performances from Editeur Du Gite and Ahoy Senor come under the microscope from Ruby Walsh and Lydia Hislop, who also have an eye on the #dublinracingfestival coming up this weekend.
More Cheltenham clues from the weekend’s action! Barry Geraghty, Tony Keenan and Vanessa Ryle look back on Impaire Et Passe, Blood Destiny, Impervious, Flame Bearer and more, plus of course the return of Davy Russell from retirement. The team also lo...
Ruby Walsh and Lydia Hislop talk about Energumene's successful comeback in the Hilly Way Chase, the effect on the Queen Mother Champion Chase market, and also discuss the Mares' Chase ante-post market and some of the juvenile hurdlers in recent actio...
The brilliant return of Energumene, the promising debuts of Cheltenham hopes Blood Destiny and Arctic Bresil and assessing hot prospect Hiddenvalley Lake. Off The Fence is back after a week of limited racing due to a cold snap, Barry Geraghty, Tony K...
The Willie Mullins-trained star went off at 1/9 favourite for the Bar One Racing Hilly Way Chase and those who took the cramped odds never really had a moment of worry.
Queen Mother Champion Chase hero Energumene supplemented his Cheltenham Festival triumph with a clear-cut victory over stablemate Chacun Pour Soi in the William Hill Champion Chase at Punchestown.
Settle back and enjoy the full Racing TV experience from Day Two of the 2022 #CheltenhamFestival
The 2022 Betway Queen Mother Champion Chase had been billed as round two of heavyweight two-mile chasers Shishkin and Energumene, but in the end, there was only one horse in it.