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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 Three Stars (Good) 13 Oct 2016 4m 28.6s 2m 2f 140y Cadmium (Good) 17 Oct 2018 4m 39s 2m 4f Colms Dream (Good) 14 Oct 2015 4m 59.1s 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 25y Stormy Ireland (Good) 17 Nov 2018 4m 19.2s 2m 4f Benie Des Dieux (Good to Yielding) 04 May 2019 4m 49.2s 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 110 25 €1,384,257 22.73% -€21.59 G Elliott 152 16 €422,101 10.53% -€72.37 H de Bromhead 86 13 €216,254 15.12% -€26.51 E Bolger 54 11 €101,884 20.37% -€14.77 Mrs J Harrington 59 10 €424,595 16.95% €3.98 P Maher 56 4 €44,629 7.14% -€32.50 N Meade 38 3 €112,100 7.89% -€14.88 C L Tizzard 10 3 €241,900 30% €13.50 J P Dempsey 19 2 €39,590 10.53% €6.50 J P Ryan 18 2 €20,635 11.11% -€2.50 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L W P Mullins 250 46 €1,609,137 18.4% -€12.63 G Elliott 235 28 €452,870 11.91% -€114.18 Mrs J Harrington 111 17 €342,601 15.32% €82.07 N Meade 98 12 €107,324 12.24% -€49.13 Joseph P O'Brien 85 9 €83,487 10.59% -€50.66 H de Bromhead 75 8 €139,342 10.67% -€44.88 G P Cromwell 51 3 €24,330 5.88% -€37.65 M Brassil 19 3 €22,792 15.79% -€2.50 P A Fahy 32 3 €48,950 9.38% -€3.75 E P Harty 17 3 €38,448 17.65% €57.00 Trainer Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L G Elliott 66 15 €258,596 22.73% €6.17 W P Mullins 46 10 €194,923 21.74% -€6.36 Joseph P O'Brien 28 7 €50,818 25% €7.38 N Meade 39 4 €30,798 10.26% -€19.25 P A Fahy 18 3 €26,795 16.67% €8.33 Peter Fahey 10 2 €38,739 20% -€3.90 M Brassil 9 2 €15,400 22.22% €3.50 Miss E Doyle 11 2 €12,320 18.18% €8.00 Jonathan Sweeney 6 2 €35,968 33.33% €0.38 Mrs J Harrington 36 1 €6,150 2.78% -€36.00 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 59 15 €760,111 25.42% €52.73 D N Russell 72 12 €295,527 16.67% -€7.63 Ruby Walsh 28 12 €405,833 42.86% €5.94 M P Walsh 64 8 €114,626 12.5% -€26.83 Rachael Blackmore 55 8 €117,005 14.55% -€10.02 P Townend 46 5 €380,255 10.87% -€27.00 D E Mullins 36 5 €73,309 13.89% €9.75 D J McInerney 25 5 €47,710 20% -€0.25 J W Kennedy 52 4 €120,499 7.69% -€35.13 B J Cooper 24 4 €112,026 16.67% -€8.98 Jockey Runners Wins Prize Money Strike-Rate P/L R M Power 80 16 €454,452 20% €56.82 D N Russell 112 15 €319,513 13.39% -€57.16 P Townend 95 15 €428,340 15.79% -€50.54 Ruby Walsh 59 15 €317,983 25.42% -€25.19 J W Kennedy 92 13 €182,886 14.13% -€42.63 M P Walsh 96 12 €332,809 12.5% -€17.00 Rachael Blackmore 78 12 €258,553 15.38% -€3.21 S W Flanagan 98 9 €95,656 9.18% -€55.29 D J Mullins 93 9 €330,726 9.68% -€47.50 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 52 10 €92,948 19.23% -€4.65 Mr J J Codd 30 9 €238,054 30% €1.10 Ms L O'Neill 34 7 €50,042 20.59% €8.83 Mr D O'Connor 36 7 €128,848 19.44% €2.73 Mr M J O'Hare 28 5 €39,730 17.86% €13.50 Mr R Deegan 32 4 €77,480 12.5% -€0.88 Mr T Hamilton 16 2 €13,243 12.5% -€3.00 Mr B O'Neill 28 1 €59,000 3.57% -€22.00 Ms N Carberry 11 1 €6,775 9.09% -€10.75 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 Louise Magee 1 1 €70 100% €2.25 Mr I Haughan 1 1 €20 100% €10.00 Norman Williamson 1 1 €9 100% €1.63 K A Kelly 1 1 €70 100% €33.00 N Byrne 1 0 € 0% -€1.00 Mick Kinane 1 0 € 0% -€1.00 Paul Carberry 1 0 € 0% -€1.00 Trudie Smith 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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