CHAMPAGNE West put up a scintillating performance to win the Goffs Thyestes Chase at Gowran Park on Thursday.

It was a big help that David Mullins was able to kick him out of the gate and get him settled in front by the time they reached the first turn. The Thyestes is a race in which, generally, you don’t want to be too far back, unless they go bananas up front. That said, such was the magnitude of Henry de Bromhead’s horse’s superiority on the day, he probably would have won regardless of where he had settled in the field.