Punchestown results

The action comes to a close on Day Two with the eighth and final race of the day coming at 7.45 pm. Most read in Horse Racing ...

He seems to be in good order since Cheltenham. Here's what trainer Gordon Elliott had to say tomyracingabout his contender Allaho ahead of the Gold Cup: "He's in great form. Almost set to go in the opening race of the day, it's a packed field here but Thanksforthehelp is the favourite ahead of Life in the Park and Guiri. The action comes to a close on Day Two with the eighth and final race of the day coming at 7.45 pm. The Punchestown Gold Cup is the feature race of the day and it gets underway at 5.55 pm.

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Settled in mid-division in the early stages, The Model Kingdom made smooth headway to lead entering the final two furlongs and the race was over as a meaningful contest when she quickened clear shortly afterwards. It is certainly not a given judged on his five previous attempts at the trip which have yielded just one win, in a Grade Three novice hurdle at Clonmel in February 2019. Allaho underlined his status as one of the best horses in training with an emphatic success in the Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival last time, making all to beat stablemate Janidil by 14 lengths.

Newsboy's race-by-race selections for day 2 of the Punchestown Festival. The Paul Nicholls-trained Clan Des Obeaux is tipped to win the feature contest on ...

Back to a rating around his peak, Clan Des Obeaux has every chance of toppling Allaho as the favourite steps up in distance. Gold Cup second Minella Indo has shown his best form at Cheltenham, where Galvin ran a solid enough race in fourth. Paul Nicholls' chaser follows the same path as 12 months ago, arriving in Ireland via a successful trip to the Grand National meeting.

Mighty Potter upset the Mullins applecart with win in the Champion Novice Hurdle ... An official attendance of 14,562 returned to the Punchestown festival on ...

“He gallops and jumps and usually the Gold Cup is on good ground. “In the bigger races we hadn’t been bold enough and today was the day just to be bold and see what happens. “He loves it around here. But he has a lot more speed than we gave him credit for.” “Jack is a world class jockey. “That’s when Jack Kennedy became a man.

The Punchestown Festival was filled with action on the first day but Wednesday's card is looking very open, as yesterday's favourite backers were left.

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And fans will again be treated to some great action on Wednesday with eight races in total. The Irish Mirror will also be sponsoring this year's Novice Hurdle ...

"He seems none the worse for that and has been going well at home. 19 Lucky Tenner (IRE) Shane O'Callaghan (4) 18 Krabat (IRE) Gary Noonan (4) 13 Whosgotyanow (IRE) Cian Quirke (4) 4 Millen To One (IRE) Cian Cullinan (4) 1 Conron (IRE) Shane Fenelon (4)

THE Punchestown Festival gets underway this week with day one of the action taking place on Tuesday.Plenty of thrills and spills are expected across t.

- Classic Getaway – Danny Mullins & Willie Mullins - Minella Cocooner – Danny Mullins & Willie Mullins - Ganapathi – Paul Townend & Willie Mullins - Tornado Flyer – Danny Mullins & Willie Mullins - Kemboy – Sean O'Keeffe & Willie Mullins - Allaho – Paul Townend & Willie Mullins