11/8 SECOND FAVOURITE Sir Des Champs won today’s feature race at Leopardstown, the Hennessy Gold Cup.
The Willie Mullins trained horse held a final jump lead from odds-on favourite Flemenstar to take the line by less than a length.
Paul Townend’s Quel Esperit led going into the penultimate hurdle, but at the final turn the two hot favourites took over.
Andrew Lynch had kept the Peter Casey’s Flemenstar away from the lead throughout and could not match the kick of Davy Russell’s mount after the final turn of the three-mile Grade one chase.
