Tempo can blaze a trail

IT will be a major surprise should in-form Paul Townend leave Punchestown this afternoon empty- handed.

He partners Blazing Tempo in the Grade 3 EBF Lombardstown Breeders’ Mares Novice Chase and the six-year-old is the nap choice.

The daughter of Accordion had her first run for Willie Mullins at Clonmel in November and, on her debut over fences, was thrown in at the deep end in a Grade 3.