Mystical Power conjures up winning Punchestown finish

Mystical Power finished with a flourish to reverse Cheltenham Festival form with Slade Steel in the KPMG Champion Novice Hurdle on day one of the Punchestown Festival.

Henry de Bromhead's Slade Steel had proved too strong for the Willie Mullins-trained Mystical Power in the latter stages of the Supreme Novices' Hurdle in mid-March, since when the latter had gone one better in Grade One company at Aintree.

Mystical Power the 2-1F backed up his success at Aintree when winning the KPMG Champion Novice Hurdle for Mark Walsh and Willie Mullins at the @punchestownrace Festival