UK Horse Racing Tips

A jewel in the crown of the racing jump calendar, the Punchestown National Hunt Festival, is Ireland’s most highly anticipated annual horse racing event. Drawing large crowds to County Kildare, the best of the best will complete here at the home of national hunting racing, with a total of 12 grade 1 races taking place. Punchestown is often viewed as an opportunity for big names from the top UK festivals, with several Cheltenham and Ascot winners travelling here to compete in recent years. As a consequence, interest in the festival most definitely extends well beyond Ireland. There are bound to be many opportunities for betting on The Punchestown Irish National Hunt Festival 2015 and we can’t wait to get stuck in.

Top horses, jockeys and trainers converge to bring us a memorable Five day festival, this year from Tuesday 28th April to Saturday 2nd May 2015. There are a whole host of races to look forward to with highlights including the Champion Chase and Herald Champion Novice Hurdle on the festival’s opening day, the 3 miles 1 furlong Punchestown Gold Cup on the second. Later in the week we have Grade 1 races Ladbrokes World Series Hurdle and the Ryanair Novice Chase, Punchestown Champion Hurdle on Friday, before packed crowds attend the festival’s family day on Saturday. All in all this Irish National Hunt Festival provides a fantastic few days of racing.

As for tips, we’ll eventually be casting a close eye on the Gold Cup, as this in many ways is the festivals feature race, with the cream of the crop of both UK and Irish racing converging. Due to the parallels between Cheltenham and Punchetown in terms of organisation and scheduling, there is always the remote chance of ‘doing the double’ (Cheltenham and Punchestown Gold Cup). It’s early days yet, and with no betting odds available at this stage, we’ll be returning to Punchestown at a later date. Stay tuned for top tips for this big week of betting!

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