Ruby Walsh: Energumene's stamina can prove decisive
Paul Townend savours the moment after steering Energumene to victory in the Champion Chase at Cheltenham last month. Picture: Healy Racing.
2020 didn’t exist, and 2021 was a pale shadow of what Punchestown can be. 2022 promises a lot, but not everything is as it was.
The traditional curtain-raiser over Punchestown’s unique cross-country course has been moved to the seventh race on Tuesday afternoon’s card and so, for the first time that I can remember, the Ladies’ Cup will not open proceedings. But its replacement won’t be any easier to solve.
