Punchestown Festival racing tips: Best bets for day 5 on Saturday, May 4
The final day of the Punchestown Festival on Saturday will see the curtain coming down on the National Hunt season in Ireland on May 4.
State Man claimed his 10th Grade One triumph with another straightforward success when seeing off old rival Irish Point in the Boodles Champion Hurdle at Punchestown.
The final day of the Punchestown Festival on Saturday will see the curtain coming down on the National Hunt season in Ireland on May 4.
While the heavyweight odds-on favourites target the major prizes at the Punchestown Festival, the Champion Hunters’ Chase could serve up of the most enjoyably competitive races on Friday’s card.
Into the home straight at the Punchestown Festival on Friday as they reach the penultimate day of the meeting on May 3.
The feature race on day three at the Punchestown Festival sees a host of familiar faces line up for a tilt at landing the biggest prize on Thursday’s card, the Champion Stayers’ Hurdle.
The Punchestown Festival speeds beyond the halfway mark on Thursday afternoon with day three set to be headlined by the Champion Stayers Hurdle as Teahupoo goes after a Cheltenham/Punchestown double.
The second afternoon of the Punchestown Festival brings with it a stunning highlight via the Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup as Galopin Des Champs looks for more big-race glory.
It might be a quiet Tuesday at the races in the UK, but it’s a huge day over in Ireland, where this competitive novices’ chase offers one of the best contests on day one of the Punchestown Festival.
The jumps season in Ireland says a long goodbye this week with five days of action from the peerless Punchestown Festival. We kick off with tips for day one on Tuesday, April 30.
Paul Nicholls has vowed to dust himself down and come back stronger after falling short in his bid for a record-equalling 15th trainers’ championship.