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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 Knockanarrigan (Good to Yielding) 17 May 2014 6m 13.5s 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 Unoccupied (Good to Yielding) 03 May 2014 7m 48.9s 4m Uncle Junior (Good to Yielding) 30 Apr 2015 9m 12.8s 4m 1f Jacks Island (Good to Firm) 01 May 2014 8m 47.3s 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 102 25 €1,077,958 24.51% -€12.12 G Elliott 149 17 €434,050 11.41% -€38.10 H de Bromhead 82 14 €211,040 17.07% -€33.38 E Bolger 54 12 €124,608 22.22% -€19.72 Mrs J Harrington 56 11 €427,655 19.64% -€11.02 N Meade 39 5 €127,474 12.82% -€5.98 P Maher 55 4 €33,558 7.27% -€35.50 C L Tizzard 10 3 €241,900 30% €13.50 J P Dempsey 21 2 €39,590 9.52% €4.50 Joseph P O'Brien 20 2 €17,234 10% -€15.75 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L W P Mullins 229 45 €1,676,964 19.65% €3.74 G Elliott 240 33 €521,778 13.75% -€48.06 Mrs J Harrington 108 17 €387,726 15.74% €82.57 N Meade 90 11 €99,112 12.22% -€43.39 Joseph P O'Brien 72 6 €50,804 8.33% -€46.21 H de Bromhead 64 6 €68,638 9.38% -€42.88 G P Cromwell 46 5 €98,705 10.87% -€14.28 M Brassil 15 4 €29,249 26.67% €8.50 P A Fahy 31 3 €48,950 9.68% -€2.75 E P Harty 23 3 €38,448 13.04% €51.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L W P Mullins 49 14 €240,970 28.57% €13.09 G Elliott 60 11 €177,423 18.33% -€12.65 N Meade 43 5 €34,163 11.63% -€28.43 Joseph P O'Brien 24 5 €35,418 20.83% €2.38 P A Fahy 19 3 €26,795 15.79% €6.33 Mrs J Harrington 41 2 €11,685 4.88% -€30.00 Miss E Doyle 12 2 €12,320 16.67% €8.00 R Tyner 7 2 €118,000 28.57% €29.00 Jonathan Sweeney 4 2 €35,968 50% €2.38 Peter Fahey 9 1 €9,239 11.11% -€4.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L G Elliott 18 3 €148 16.67% -€12.13 A A Howard 1 1 €60 100% €50.00 A J Martin 1 1 €490 100% €10.00 Nigel Slevin 1 1 €20 100% €10.00 Denis Hogan 5 0 € 0% -€6.00 N Meade 4 0 € 0% -€4.00 Dermot McLoughlin 3 0 € 0% -€3.00 W P Mullins 3 0 € 0% -€4.00 G M Lyons 2 0 € 0% -€2.00 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 53 15 €695,321 28.3% €35.73 R Walsh 32 13 €316,672 40.63% €3.54 D N Russell 72 12 €265,026 16.67% -€10.49 M P Walsh 64 9 €133,076 14.06% -€23.58 D J Mullins 47 6 €254,660 12.77% -€27.37 Rachael Blackmore 46 6 €87,305 13.04% -€6.27 B J Cooper 31 5 €143,305 16.13% €1.03 D E Mullins 40 5 €73,309 12.5% €5.75 P Townend 40 5 €238,655 12.5% -€17.75 D J McInerney 25 5 €47,710 20% -€0.25 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R Walsh 63 16 €435,983 25.4% -€28.14 R M Power 76 15 €377,156 19.74% €45.82 J W Kennedy 87 14 €193,640 16.09% -€33.13 D N Russell 108 13 €128,323 12.04% -€57.57 P Townend 92 13 €378,782 14.13% -€38.34 M P Walsh 97 13 €162,268 13.4% -€27.60 Rachael Blackmore 73 10 €191,032 13.7% €9.13 D J Mullins 107 9 €294,164 8.41% -€62.13 S W Flanagan 97 9 €95,656 9.28% -€54.29 B J Geraghty 55 7 €213,650 12.73% -€9.90 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Mr P W Mullins 53 16 €150,680 30.19% €19.99 Mr J J Codd 31 8 €126,968 25.81% -€11.44 Ms L O'Neill 26 4 €28,334 15.38% €3.04 Mr R Deegan 29 4 €77,480 13.79% €1.12 Mr M J O'Hare 18 4 €28,950 22.22% €14.50 Mr D O'Connor 31 3 €74,708 9.68% -€9.38 Miss K Harrington 26 2 €11,685 7.69% -€14.00 Ms K Walsh 27 2 €68,239 7.41% -€8.00 Ms N Carberry 20 2 €14,770 10% -€18.13 Mr B O'Neill 28 2 €118,000 7.14% €0.00 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L Micheal O'Connor 1 1 €490 100% €10.00 Norman Williamson 1 1 €9 100% €1.63 Karen Moore 1 1 €60 100% €50.00 Camilla Sharples 1 1 €69 100% €5.00 Mr I Haughan 1 1 €20 100% €10.00 Louise Magee 1 1 €70 100% €2.25 David O'Neill 2 0 € 0% -€2.00 Redmond Barry 1 0 € 0% -€1.00 David Carolan 1 0 € 0% -€1.00 Kerri Lyons 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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