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Punchestown Course Guide
The most prestigious racecourse in Ireland that only races under National Hunt rules, Punchestown host 17 high-quality fixtures every year. Located just outside Naas which is 30km south of Dublin, it has played host to racing at its current location since 1824.
While Punchestown hosts high-quality action throughout the National Hunt season, the highlight is unquestionably the Punchestown Festival which traditionally closes out the Irish National Hunt season and often showcases the stars of jump racing for the final time before their summer breaks. The meeting boasts no less than 12 Grade 1 races, with the traditional highlights being the Punchestown Gold Cup and the Punchestown Champion Hurdle.
Away from the Festival, Punchestown also hosts the Morgiana Hurdle in November and the John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase in December, which are well-established targets for many stars of National Hunt racing in the first half of the season.
A right-handed, galloping, undulating track with a steady climb through the last five furlongs. It is a very fair test of a jumper; there are eleven fences to a circuit which are not stiff by British standards and they pose few problems to sound jumpers. The cross-country course is a long and twisting one over a variety of banks and other obstacles, few of which are jumped more than once. The turns are both left- and right-handed and only the final brush fence is on the racecourse proper.
Punchestown is a story of two tracks really. The chase track is brilliant, a proper Grade 1 track. The fences are stiff, but very fair. However, I never really got on well with the hurdle track. It’s very undulating, the downhill section after the winning post can also make life difficult. The bends are very tight, especially the second-last bend, and in realty it is sharper than most people appreciate. Because of its nature, I’d much rather be handier than held up.
View from the saddle: Charlie Swan
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Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m Mr Fiftyone (Good) 14 May 2016 3m 57.5s 2m 2f Alelchi Inois (Good to Firm) 16 Oct 2014 4m 21s 2m 2f 140y Cadmium (Good) 17 Oct 2018 4m 39s 2m 4f Un Beau Matin (Good to Firm) 15 Oct 2014 4m 58s 2m 5f Ballyoisin (Good) 13 Jun 2018 5m 15.4s 2m 6f Alelchi Inois (Good) 01 Jun 2016 5m 37.5s 2m 6f 140y Mighty Stowaway (Good) 18 Nov 2018 5m 44.1s 2m 7f 100y Oscar Lantern (Heavy) 30 Jan 2018 6m 44.6s 3m Mac N Cheese (Good) 15 May 2019 6m 21.4s 3m 1f Windy Millie (Good) 14 May 2016 6m 14.1s 3m 1f 150y Se Mo Laoch (Good) 09 Dec 2018 7m 12.3s 3m 4f Baie Des Iles (Soft to Heavy) 05 Feb 2017 7m 42.4s 3m 4f 150y Dounikos (Good to Yielding) 10 Feb 2019 7m 35.6s 3m 6f Whatareudoingtome (Good to Yielding) 29 Apr 2017 8m 6.3s 3m 7f Cloudy Morning (Good to Yielding) 04 May 2019 8m 12.8s 4m Uncle Junior (Good to Yielding) 30 Apr 2015 9m 12.8s 4m 1f Treo Eile (Good to Firm) 27 Apr 2017 9m 1.8s 4m 2f Ballyboker Bridge (Hurdle: Good to Yielding-Yielding in places; Chase: Yielding-Good to Yielding in places; Cross Country: Good to Firm-Good in places) 02 May 2019 9m 37.2s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m Eight Till Late (Good) 16 Oct 2018 3m 44.9s 2m 150y Delta Work (Good) 17 May 2017 3m 55.4s 2m 2f Little King Robin (Good to Firm) 16 Oct 2014 4m 10.5s 2m 4f Buster Dan Dan (Good to Firm) 16 Oct 2014 4m 45s 2m 4f 110y Apple's Jade (Good to Yielding) 29 Apr 2017 4m 53.2s 2m 5f Magic Of Light (Good to Yielding) 26 Apr 2017 5m 13.3s 2m 6f Drumacoo (Good) 29 Oct 2014 5m 28s 2m 7f Spring Watch (Good) 16 May 2018 5m 47.5s 3m Bye Bye O Bye (Good) 14 May 2016 5m 42.9s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 2m Gunnery Sergeant (Good) 15 Oct 2015 3m 43.5s 2m 130y Chead Solas (Good) 17 Nov 2018 3m 54.8s 2m 2f Canardier (Good to Yielding) 28 Apr 2017 4m 22.4s Distance Horse (Going) Date Winning time 1m 6f Pallasator (Yielding to Soft) 19 Oct 2017 3m 36.7s 1m 7f Markhan (Good) 17 Nov 2018 3m 33.6s -
Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L W P Mullins 108 25 €1,384,257 23.15% -€19.59 G Elliott 153 17 €431,941 11.11% -€70.87 H de Bromhead 88 15 €246,440 17.05% -€25.38 E Bolger 55 11 €101,884 20% -€15.77 Mrs J Harrington 58 9 €400,595 15.52% -€18.02 N Meade 38 5 €127,474 13.16% -€4.98 P Maher 56 4 €44,629 7.14% -€32.50 C L Tizzard 10 3 €241,900 30% €13.50 J P Dempsey 21 2 €39,590 9.52% €4.50 J P Ryan 18 2 €20,635 11.11% -€2.50 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L W P Mullins 248 46 €1,609,137 18.55% -€10.63 G Elliott 238 30 €463,625 12.61% -€80.06 Mrs J Harrington 109 16 €331,801 14.68% €76.07 N Meade 96 11 €99,112 11.46% -€49.39 Joseph P O'Brien 85 8 €74,187 9.41% -€52.46 H de Bromhead 71 8 €139,342 11.27% -€40.88 M Brassil 20 4 €29,249 20% €3.50 G P Cromwell 50 3 €24,330 6% -€36.65 P A Fahy 29 3 €48,950 10.34% -€0.75 E P Harty 18 3 €38,448 16.67% €56.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L G Elliott 67 14 €252,131 20.9% €2.60 W P Mullins 45 10 €194,923 22.22% -€5.36 Joseph P O'Brien 29 7 €50,818 24.14% €6.38 N Meade 40 5 €36,948 12.5% -€18.05 P A Fahy 20 3 €26,795 15% €6.33 Miss E Doyle 11 2 €12,320 18.18% €8.00 M Brassil 9 2 €15,400 22.22% €3.50 Peter Fahey 9 2 €38,739 22.22% -€2.90 Jonathan Sweeney 5 2 €35,968 40% €1.38 Mrs J Harrington 36 1 €6,150 2.78% -€35.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L G Elliott 16 3 €148 18.75% -€9.13 A A Howard 2 1 €60 50% €49.00 R K Watson 2 1 €70 50% €32.00 Nigel Slevin 1 1 €20 100% €10.00 Denis Hogan 4 0 € 0% -€5.00 Joseph P O'Brien 5 0 € 0% -€5.00 N Meade 4 0 € 0% -€4.00 Dermot McLoughlin 3 0 € 0% -€3.00 W P Mullins 3 0 € 0% -€4.00 H de Bromhead 2 0 € 0% -€2.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L P Maher 6 2 33.33% 3.00 Donnchadh Doyle 6 1 16.67% -2.00 Colin Bowe 4 1 25% 3.00 David Harry Kelly 4 1 25% -1.25 J P Dempsey 3 1 33.33% 1.00 S Curling 3 1 33.33% 0.00 Warren Ewing 2 1 50% 13.00 Patrick Eugene Turley 2 1 50% 4.00 Daniel G Murphy 1 1 100% 3.00 L Kenny 1 1 100% 3.00 -
Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R M Power 58 14 €736,111 24.14% €30.73 D N Russell 71 13 €305,367 18.31% -€3.13 R Walsh 32 13 €425,821 40.63% €4.94 M P Walsh 62 8 €114,626 12.9% -€24.83 D J Mullins 45 6 €254,660 13.33% -€25.37 Rachael Blackmore 52 6 €87,305 11.54% -€12.27 P Townend 44 5 €380,255 11.36% -€26.00 D E Mullins 37 5 €73,309 13.51% €8.75 D J McInerney 25 5 €47,710 20% -€0.25 J W Kennedy 50 4 €120,499 8% -€33.13 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L D N Russell 110 15 €319,513 13.64% -€55.16 P Townend 97 15 €428,340 15.46% -€52.54 M P Walsh 97 15 €354,642 15.46% -€6.10 R M Power 77 15 €443,652 19.48% €51.82 R Walsh 61 15 €317,983 24.59% -€27.19 J W Kennedy 88 12 €170,886 13.64% -€42.13 Rachael Blackmore 76 11 €250,032 14.47% €12.13 D J Mullins 98 10 €338,414 10.2% -€49.88 S W Flanagan 106 9 €95,656 8.49% -€63.29 Mr P W Mullins 14 6 €366,131 42.86% €57.75 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Mr P W Mullins 53 12 €104,633 22.64% €6.55 Mr J J Codd 30 9 €237,589 30% €0.06 Mr D O'Connor 38 7 €128,848 18.42% €0.73 Ms L O'Neill 34 6 €44,042 17.65% €7.29 Mr M J O'Hare 26 5 €39,730 19.23% €15.50 Mr R Deegan 31 4 €77,480 12.9% €0.12 Mr T Hamilton 16 2 €13,243 12.5% -€3.00 Ms N Carberry 13 1 €6,775 7.69% -€12.75 Mr B O'Neill 28 1 €59,000 3.57% -€22.00 Ms K Walsh 19 1 €9,239 5.26% -€14.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Karen Moore 2 1 €60 50% €49.00 Camilla Sharples 1 1 €69 100% €5.00 Norman Williamson 1 1 €9 100% €1.63 K A Kelly 1 1 €70 100% €33.00 Louise Magee 1 1 €70 100% €2.25 Mr I Haughan 1 1 €20 100% €10.00 N Byrne 1 0 € 0% -€1.00 Orla Donworth 1 0 € 0% -€1.00 Cathal Jennings 1 0 € 0% -€1.00 Megan Donovan 1 0 € 0% -€1.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Mr B O'Neill 7 2 28.57% 4.00 Mr J J Codd 5 2 40% 1.75 Mr R James 7 1 14.29% -3.00 Mr T P Roche 3 1 33.33% 3.00 Mr B O Walsh 2 1 50% 1.00 Mr M J O'Hare 6 1 16.67% 0.00 Mr G A Spain 1 1 100% 2.00 R A Devine 1 1 100% 14.00 J G Murphy 1 1 100% 3.00 Mr N McParlan 3 0 0% -3.00
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