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 2023

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 40 races which include 12 grade ones across five days. The dates for the 2023 Punchestown festival are Tuesday 25th April to Saturday 29th April. 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: The Howden Insurance Brokers Mares Novice Hurdle
4.15: The Punchestown Champion Novice Hurdle (Grade 1)
4.50: The Killashee Hotel Handicap Hurdle (Grade B)
5.25: The William Hill Champion Steeplechase (Grade 1)
6.00: The Goffs Defender Bumper
6.35: The Dooley Insurance Group Champion Novice Steeplechase (Grade 1)
7.10: The Kildare Hunt Club Cross Country Steeplechase
7.45: The Oak Lodge Landscapes Flat Race

Punchestown Day 2 Tips – Wednesday

3.40: The Adare Manor Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle
4.15: The Connolly’s Red Mills Irish EBF Auction Hurdle Series Final
4.50: The Louis Fitzgerald Hotel Hurdle
5.20: The Irish Mirror (War of Attrition) Novice Hurdle (Grade 1)
5.55: The Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup (Grade 1)
6.30: The Race and Stay at Punchestown Champion I.N.H Flat Race (Grade 1)
7.00: The HSS Hire (L’Escargot) Handicap Steeplechase (Grade A)
7.35: The Weatherbys GSB Irish EBF Mares Flat Race (Grade 3)

Punchestown Day 3 Tips – Thursday

3.40: The Specialist Joinery Group Handicap Hurdle
4.15: The Pigsback.com Handicap Steeplechase (Grade B)
4.50: The Mongey Communications La Touche Cup Cross Country Steeplechase
5.25: The Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle (Grade 1)
6.00: The Conway Piling Handicap Hurdle  (Grade B)
6.35: The Barberstown Castle Novice Steeplechase (Grade 1)
7.05: The Close Brothers Irish EBF Mares Handicap Steeplechase  (Listed)
7.35: The JP&M Doyle (C&G) Flat Race

Punchestown Day 4 Tips – Friday

3.40: The Stanley Asphalt Hunters Steeplechase for the Bishopscourt Cup
4.15: The EMS Copiers Novice Handicap Steeplechase (Grade A)
4.50: The Hanlon Concrete Irish EBF (Registered the Glencarrig Lady Francis Flood) Mares Steeplechase (Grade 2)
5.25: The Paddy Power Champion Hurdle (Grade 1)
6.00: The Alanna Homes Champion Novice Hurdle (Grade 1)
6.35: The Irish Daily Star Champion Hunters Steeplechase
7.05: The SalesSense International Novice Hurdle
7.35: The Avison Young INH Flat Race

Punchestown Day 5 Tips – Saturday

2.35: The Donohue Solutions Cross Country Steeplechase
3.10: The Colm Quinn BMW Handicap Steeplechase
3.50: The Coolmore N.H. Sires Mogul Irish EBF Mares Champion Hurdle (Grade 1)
4.25: The Palmerstown House Pat Taaffe Handicap Steeplechase
5.00: The Ballymore Champion Four Year Old Hurdle (Grade 1)
5.30: The Setanta Handicap Hurdle
6.05: The Lawlors Hotel (Pro Am) Flat Race
6.35: The Carry an Organ Donor Card Punchestown Charity Race