Punchestown Tips

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Tips For Punchestown Today

Located in County Kildare in Ireland, Punchestown is one of the countries premier National Hunt tracks. With a racing season from October through to June, it hosts 14 Grade 1 races throughout the year and attracts the best of the best jump horses both from Ireland and the UK. It also has the unique ‘Banks’ track for Cross Country races, the only one of it’s kind in Ireland. Our horse racing experts have Punchestown tips for every race day so look no further if you’re looking for tips for Punchestown today.

Course: It is a right-handed, undulating track where the hurdles circuit is a mile and six furlongs while the chase version is two miles. It’s a fair track so we don’t have to worry about whether our tips need to be ridden a particular way.

Feature Races: We have Punchestown tips for all the major races at Punchestown, including for the five-day festival in April, which is showered in quality. The Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle in January is always a race to watch closely with horses such as Vautour, Douvan and Min claiming it in recent years. The Morgiana Hurdle in November is a key trial for the Cheltenham Festival with Hurricane Fly, Nicholls Canyon and Faugheen on the role of honour. Lastly, the John Durkan in December has been used as a stepping stone by Don Cossack, Djakadam and Sizing John in the past.

Punchestown Festival Tips 2019

The Punchestown festival is the grand finale to the Irish jumps season with top class horses, trainers and jockeys ascending on County Kildare. There are a total of 39 races which include 12 grade ones across five days. The dates for the 2019 Punchestown festival are Tuesday 30th April to Saturday 4th May. If you’re looking for Punchestown festival tips then you’re in the right place as we have the best tips, stats and information for every day of the festival.

Punchestown Day 1 Tips – Tuesday

3.40: Kildare Hunt Club Fr. Sean Breen Memorial Cross Country Steeplechase
4.20: The Grade 1 Herald Champion Novice Hurdle
4.55: The Killashee Handicap Hurdle (Grade B)
5.30: The Grade 1 BoyleSports Champion Steeplechase
6.05: The Goffs Land Rover Bumper
6.40: The Grade 1 Dooley Insurance Group Champion Novice Steeplechase
7.15: The Sanctuary Synthetics Flat Race

Punchestown Day 2 Tips – Wednesday

3.40: The Adare Manor Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle
4.20: The Connolly’s Red Mills Irish EBF Auction Hurdle Series Final
4.55: The Louis Fitzgerald Hotel Hurdle
5.30: The Grade 1 Irish Daily Mirror Novice Hurdle
6.05: The Grade 1 Coral Punchestown Gold Cup
6.40: The Grade 1 Racing Post Champion I.N.H Flat Race
7.10: The Guinness Handicap Steeplechase (Grade A)
7.45: The Weatherbys GSB Irish EBF Mares Flat Race (Grade 3)

Punchestown Day 3 Tips – Thursday

3.40: The JLT Handicap Hurdle
4.15: The Pigsback.com Handicap Steeplechase (Grade B)
4.50: The Mongey Communications La Touche Cup Cross Country race
5.30: The Grade 1 Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle
6.05: The Conway Piling Handicap Hurdle (Grade B)
6.40: The Grade 1 Ryanair Novice Steeplechase
7.15: The Close Brothers Mares Novice Hurdle (Listed)
7.45: The Kildare Post (C&G) Flat Race

Punchestown Day 4 Tips – Friday

3.40: The KFM Hunters Steeplechase for the Bishopscourt Cup
4.20: The EMS Copiers Novice Handicap Steeplechase (Grade A)
4.55: The Hanlon Concrete Irish EBF Mares Handicap Steeplechase (Grade B)
5.30: The Grade 1 BETDAQ Punchestown Champion Hurdle
6.05: The Grade 1 Alanna Homes Champion Novice Hurdle
6.35: The Star Best For Racing Coverage Champion Hunters Chase
7.10: The SalesSense International Novice Hurdle
7.45: The GVA Donal O’Buachalla Property Advisors INH Flat Race

Punchestown Day 5 Tips – Saturday

2.35: The Dooley Insurances WFA Cross Country Steeplechase(Banks)
3.10: The Boylesports Handicap Steeplechase
3.50: The Grade 1 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Annie Power Mares Champion Hurdle
4.25: The Grade 1 AES Champion Four Year Old Hurdle
5.00: The Palmerstown House Pat Taaffe Handicap Steeplechase (Grade B)
5.35: The Ballymore Handicap Hurdle (Grade B)
6.10: The K Club Hotel and Resort (Pro -Am) Flat Race
6.40: The Carry An Organ Donor Card Punchestown Charity Sweepstakes