Punchestown Festival
Ominous look to trainers’ title race ahead of Punchestown Festival, with Willie Mullins poised
Gordon Elliott holds a lead of €153,000 over his rival, but that could be wiped out on the first day
Hard going – Mae Leonard on the lure of Punchestown races
Traditions and history come alive at racing festival that remains a big draw
Ben Pauling readies The Jukebox Man to take on Gaelic Warrior at Punchestown
Lossiemouth and Il Etait Temps other Willie Mullins stars set to take part in €3.6 million Punchestown festival
Fact To File could face Gaelic Warrior in mouthwatering Punchestown Gold Cup
‘They do a great job with the ground in Punchestown’ says JP McManus’s racing manager Frank Berry
Lossiemouth the headline act in Punchestown’s Morgiana Hurdle
Mullins’s mare a winner first time up in each of her four seasons of action to date
Mark Walsh and Fact To File bid to defend John Durkan title
Gold Cup hero Inothewayurthinkin returns to action in Punchestown feature crammed with talent
Spillane’s Tower returns over hurdles ahead of potentially pivotal season over fences
Maurice Regan-owned Convergent gets a shot at top-flight glory in Europe’s final Group One of 2025
Racecourse attendance in Ireland up nearly 7% for first six months of 2025
Key contributory factor in rise a record-breaking Punchestown festival where number jumped 15% to almost 137,000 over five days
Field Of Gold’s maturity could prove crucial to 2,000 Guineas outcome
Jessica Harrington out to land her first English Classic as Green Impact lines up for colts’ race at Newmarket
Punchestown Festival: ‘Genuine and never flashy’ State Man gallops to Champion Hurdle glory
Odds-on favourite Constitution Hill again disappoints to finish down the field in feature race
Irish National Hunt season finishes at Punchestown as Willie Mullins claims 19th trainers’ title
Brighterdaysahead returns to action after bitter disappointment in Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham
Constitution Hill bids to redeem reputation in Punchestown festival feature
Nicky Henderson-trained star tackles State Man and Golden Ace in €300,000 Champion Hurdle
Teahupoo successfully defends his Stayers Hurdle title at Punchestown
Willie Mullins reaches 200 winners for the season in Ireland as Majborough secures Grade One glory
Punchestown: Teahupoo and Hiddenvalley Lake give Robcour strong hand in bid to seal Stayers’ dominance
Willie Mullins aiming for 10th win in a row in Grade One novice chase
Galopin Des Champs completes Gold Cup ‘Triple Crown’ in stunning fashion at Punchestown
Willie Mullins’s star chaser puts Cheltenham disappointment behind him as trainer enjoys 296-1 festival five-timer
Galopin Des Champs trying to secure valuable ‘away’ win in Punchestown Gold Cup
Punchestown preview: Cheltenham festival winner Jasmin De Vaux faces new jumping test in Grade One test
Marine Nationale’s Punchestown win has Barry Connell already dreaming of Champion Chase hat-trick
Willie Mullins saddles 7,428-1 treble on day one full of festival shocks
Fact To File takes on Marine Nationale in intriguing Punchestown festival feature
Punchestown preview: The highlight of day one of the five-day festival can establish next season’s pecking order
Ganay glory for Andre Fabre-trained Sosie in first Group One of 2025 in Europe
Ryan Moore on duty at Naas on Monday with trio of rides for Aidan O’Brien
Willie Mullins targeting big domestic finale at Punchestown with British title under his belt
Irishman made an 11-8 favourite to complete hat-trick of cross-channel trainers’ titles in 2026
Moving Cheltenham forward a week would ease programming pressure and cut down endless festival run-up
Mere 19-day gap between Cheltenham and Liverpool this year discourages the running of horses at both big festivals
Consistently giving transgressors benefit of the doubt in interference cases is insufficient deterrent
Trainer Denis Hogan left furious after failing to be awarded Down Royal race in stewards’ room following interference from winner
City Of Troy faces date with Classic destiny in Newmarket 2,000 Guineas
Kinsale jockey Ben Curtis has shot at Kentucky Derby glory on board Honor Marie in ‘Run for the Roses’ on Saturday night
Willie Mullins becomes winning-most Irish trainer of all time with Grade One double taking him to 4,378 victories
Paul Townend trails Jack Kennedy by four winners (123-119) going into Saturday’s final programme of the season
Punchestown: State Man aiming to complete spotless season and record 10th Grade One success
Eager anticipation of highly-rated Cheltenham hero Ballyburn’s latest appearance in top-flight novice event
Teahupoo takes Jack Kennedy a step closer to landing first jockeys’ championship
Willie Mullins saddles record 35th Grade One success of the season as Il Etait Temps upsets 1-3 favourite Gaelic Warrior
Teahupoo has shot at becoming first horse in 25 years to pull off Cheltenham-Punchestown Stayers double
Gaelic Warrior an overwhelming favourite to give Willie Mullins a ninth win in a row in Grade One novice chase at Punchestown
Fastorslow underlines horses for courses theory with another Punchestown defeat of Galopin Des Champs
Gold Cup redemption for jockey JJ Slevin on victorious Factorslow at Punchestown after being unseated at Cheltenham from Martin Brassil-trained star
Galopin Des Champs can put seal on transformative campaign and pull off Gold Cup hat-trick at Punchestown
Cheltenham bumper hero Jasmin De Vaux bids to join elite company by doubling up at Punchestown Festival
JJ Slevin grabs more big-race glory as Banbridge pounces to deny Captain Guinness
Mystical Power and Spillane’s Tower supply Grade One double for JP McManus and Mark Walsh in front of 16,361 Day One festival crowd
Fighting on all fronts leaves little sign Willie Mullins won’t continue to dominate Punchestown festival
Dinoblue heads record-breaking trainer’s team into end of season finale worth €3.5m prizemoney
Paul Townend has seven-winner gap to bridge on Jack Kennedy for champion jockey title
Kennedy leads rival by 122-115 with just five days left to end of the season
Boodles signs three-year Punchestown sponsorship deal worth €900,000
Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Rachael Blackmore is to be drafted into the jewellery retailer’s box to woo potential clients
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