Newmill set for Champion rematch

NEWMILL could face two of the three horses that finished ahead of him at Cheltenham last month as he bids for back-to-back victories in Punchestown’s Kerrygold Champion Chase later this month.

Last year’s winner of the Queen Mother Champion Chase could fare no better than fourth behind Voy Por Ustedes this time around, although trainer John Murphy believes he is capable of better.

One of 24 entries for the two-mile event on the opening day of the Irish National Hunt Festival (April 24), he could come up against Dempsey and River City, second and third at Prestbury Park.