Sprinter Sacre plans a factor in Europe’s Punchestown target

Trainer Henry de Bromhead admits Sprinter Sacre’s participation at the Punchestown Festival could have a bearing on which race Sizing Europe contests.

The 11-year-old was no match for Nicky Henderson’s incredible stable star in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham last month, finishing a well-beaten second.

Sprinter Sacre has since bolted up at Aintree and Henderson has suggested his charge could finish off his spectacular season in Punchestown’s Champion Chase on April 23.