ENVOI Allen was forced to surrender his unbeaten seasonal reappearance record in the PWC Champion Chase, as the highly admirable Easy Game jumped his rivals into the ground to capture the Grade 2 prize for a third time in four years.

A specialist in small-field chases, the Willie Mullins-trained stalwart has now won 12 of his 16 starts when running over fences in races with six or less runners, and he would likely have been going for a record-equalling fourth win in this race had he not came down at the third last here in 2021.