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That concludes a fantastic day’s racing, and there’ll be more to come on Champion Chase Day on Wednesday, for which Greg Wood has compiled tips.
Energumene was an odds-on shot for Wednesday’s Champion Chase before running the only sub-par race of his career last time out and he appeals as an excellent bet at around 7-4 to win the two-mile chasing championship for the second year running.
Willie Mullins’s chaser appeared to be ridden to beat Edwardstone, his main market rival on Wednesday, in the Clarence House Chase at the end of January at Cheltenham, and also did himself no favours with a blunder at the last.
His earlier form puts him a few pounds in front of Edwardstone and Editeur Du Gite, who fought out a close finish in the Clarence House. With more positive tactics likely to be deployed this time, Energumene (3.30) and Paul Townend should set the record straight in the feature event of the day.
