THERE are already many odds-on favourites for some of the Grade 1s at next March’s Cheltenham Festival, but which horse has the performance on record to justify such short odds?

Energumene effortlessly added a second successive Grade 2 Hilly Way Chase to his CV and, even though the Champion Chase winner of last season looked to going through the motions, his time was still faster than talented mare Impervious, who also impressed on the clock at Cork on Sunday.