Punchestown Races | Racecourse Guide, Help & Tips

Punchestown racecourse is known as the home of Irish National Hunt racing and plays host to the Punchestown Festival each year, usually held in April. The five-day event includes races such as the Punchestown Champion Chase, Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and World Series Hurdle amongst many more. Today, the Punchestown Festival is often regarded as Ireland’s Cheltenham. The course attracts the top jumps and Flat horses, as well as some of the biggest crowds of spectators in horse racing. Punchestown Racecourse also has the only cross-country course in Ireland.

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Trainer	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
Joseph Patrick O'Brien, Ireland	31	8	26	16	52
M. D. O'Callaghan, Ireland	16	4	25	8	50
Aidan O'Brien, Ireland	16	3	19	8	50
G. M. Lyons, Ireland	11	3	27	4	36
J. S. Bolger, Ireland	23	2	9	5	22
Mrs J. Harrington, Ireland	27	2	7	10	37
Andrew Oliver, Ireland	4	2	50	2	50
Adrian McGuinness, Ireland	11	2	18	5	45
Ross O'Sullivan, Ireland	10	1	10	3	30
W. McCreery, Ireland	8	1	13	2	25
A. Slattery, Ireland	9	1	11	2	22
Andrew Kinirons, Ireland	6	1	17	2	33
Ms Claire O'Connell, Ireland	1	1	100	1	100
Timothy Doyle, Ireland	5	1	20	2	40
John McConnell, Ireland	12	1	8	1	8
Noel Meade, Ireland	12	1	8	3	25
Ms Sheila Lavery, Ireland	13	1	8	3	23
John Joseph Murphy, Ireland	1	1	100	1	100
Jarlath P. Fahey, Ireland	2	1	50	1	50
M. M. Rice, Ireland	2	1	50	1	50
Patrick Magee, Ireland	3	1	33	1	33
John S. O'Donoghue, Ireland	3	1	33	1	33
Thomas Cleary, Ireland	3	0	0	0	0
Conor O'Dwyer, Ireland	3	0	0	0	0
P. J. F. Murphy, Ireland	3	0	0	0	0
Paul W. Flynn, Ireland	3	0	0	0	0
T. M. Walsh, Ireland	3	0	0	0	0
Gerard Keane, Ireland	3	0	0	0	0
Shane Crawley, Ireland	3	0	0	0	0
J. J. Feane, Ireland	4	0	0	2	50
R. P. Burns, Ireland	1	0	0	0	0
P. O'Rourke, Ireland	1	0	0	0	0
R. P. Cody, Ireland	1	0	0	0	0
Ciaran Murphy, Ireland	1	0	0	0	0
E. Sheehy, Ireland	1	0	0	0	0
Philip M. Byrne, Ireland	1	0	0	0	0
Daniel McLoughlin, Ireland	1	0	0	0	0
John Michael Burke, Ireland	1	0	0	0	0
Liam Casey, Ireland	1	0	0	0	0
H. D. McGuigan, Ireland	1	0	0	0	0
Michael J. Browne, Ireland	1	0	0	0	0
Ian Patrick Donoghue, Ireland	1	0	0	1	100
Liam McAteer, Ireland	1	0	0	0	0
Tracey Collins, Ireland	1	0	0	0	0
David J. Geary, Ireland	2	0	0	0	0
Keith Henry Clarke, Ireland	2	0	0	0	0
Peter Lawlor, Ireland	2	0	0	1	50
Kevin Michael Smith, Ireland	2	0	0	0	0
T. J. O'Mara, Ireland	2	0	0	0	0
E. J. O'Neill, Ireland	2	0	0	1	50

Trainer	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
W. P. Mullins, Ireland	908	210	23	427	47
Gordon Elliott, Ireland	782	100	13	293	37
Gavin Patrick Cromwell, Ireland	374	47	13	108	29
Henry de Bromhead, Ireland	389	40	10	121	31
P. J. Rothwell, Ireland	243	16	7	44	18
Joseph Patrick O'Brien, Ireland	137	15	11	57	42
Martin Brassil, Ireland	105	14	13	34	32
Mrs J. Harrington, Ireland	109	13	12	38	35
Emmet Mullins, Ireland	80	12	15	27	34
Barry Connell, Ireland	54	12	22	24	44
Noel Meade, Ireland	130	11	8	41	32
Ross O'Sullivan, Ireland	128	10	8	37	29
T. M. Walsh, Ireland	63	10	16	21	33
Paul Nolan, Ireland	143	9	6	36	25
Charles Byrnes, Ireland	85	8	9	28	33
Peter Fahey, Ireland	118	7	6	27	23
Padraig Roche, Ireland	102	7	7	21	21
Robert Tyner, Ireland	38	7	18	15	39
Colm A. Murphy, Ireland	58	6	10	16	28
Miss Elizabeth Doyle, Ireland	69	6	9	13	19
M. F. Morris, Ireland	73	6	8	27	37
Dermot Anthony McLoughlin, Ireland	104	6	6	11	11
Enda Bolger, Ireland	87	6	7	27	31
A. J. Martin, Ireland	82	6	7	17	21
John McConnell, Ireland	140	5	4	20	14
Patrick T. Foley, Ireland	56	5	9	15	27
James Joseph Mangan, Ireland	22	5	23	12	55
R. P. O'Keeffe, Ireland	20	4	20	10	50
S. G. Carey, Ireland	22	4	18	9	41
R. P. Cody, Ireland	27	4	15	11	41
Sean Thomas Doyle, Ireland	27	4	15	6	22
Denis Hogan, Ireland	75	4	5	17	23
Eddie & Patrick Harty, Ireland	39	4	10	9	23
S. Curling, Ireland	41	4	10	12	29
Noel C. Kelly, Ireland	35	4	11	5	14
Thomas Mullins, Ireland	91	4	4	16	18
Peter Maher, Ireland	101	4	4	15	15
Oliver McKiernan, Ireland	127	4	3	22	17
T. Gibney, Ireland	112	4	4	29	26
John Joseph Hanlon, Ireland	108	3	3	10	9
Mrs Denise Foster, Ireland	91	3	3	12	13
Eoin Griffin, Ireland	38	3	8	10	26
E. Sheehy, Ireland	37	3	8	7	19
J. P. Dempsey, Ireland	72	3	4	13	18
Cian Michael Collins, Ireland	61	3	5	13	21
David Harry Kelly, Ireland	43	3	7	10	23
Eric McNamara, Ireland	47	3	6	11	23
Edward Cawley, Ireland	48	3	6	10	21
Timothy Doyle, Ireland	53	3	6	13	25
Nicky Henderson	33	3	9	9	27

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

Jockey	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
D. B. McMonagle	13	5	38	8	62
L. F. Roche	8	3	38	3	38
C. T. Keane	24	3	13	5	21
R. P. Cleary	21	2	10	6	29
Declan McDonogh	11	2	18	5	45
W. M. Lordan	7	2	29	2	29
R. C. Colgan	15	2	13	4	27
C. D. Hayes	18	2	11	6	33
J. Pietropaolo	3	2	67	2	67
M. W. Hassett	2	1	50	2	100
R. Whearty	5	1	20	2	40
Andrew Joseph Slattery	7	1	14	2	29
P. A. Harnett	3	1	33	2	67
J. E. Harnett	1	1	100	1	100
Ryan Moore	2	1	50	1	50
R. P. Whelan	18	1	6	6	33
Shane Foley	20	1	5	9	45
Ben Martin Coen	13	1	8	5	38
J. M. Sheridan	8	1	13	2	25
N. M. Crosse	9	1	11	1	11
J. A. Powell	9	1	11	3	33
Adam Caffrey	9	1	11	3	33
Wesley Joyce	9	1	11	2	22
G. M. Ryan	9	0	0	1	11
L. T. McAteer	10	0	0	2	20
N. G. McCullagh	11	0	0	3	27
D. W. O'Connor	9	0	0	1	11
William James Lee	11	0	0	0	0
G. P. Halpin	12	0	0	0	0
G. F. Carroll	14	0	0	3	21
Seamie Heffernan	17	0	0	7	41
Mark Crehan	2	0	0	1	50
T. Kiely-Marshall	2	0	0	0	0
R. M. Mulligan	2	0	0	1	50
H. J. Horgan	2	0	0	0	0
A. C. Persse	2	0	0	0	0
A. J. Casey	2	0	0	0	0
Ross Coakley	3	0	0	0	0
S. P. Davis	3	0	0	0	0
J. J. G. Ryan	3	0	0	0	0
Siobhan Rutledge	3	0	0	0	0
Rebecca Parsons	1	0	0	0	0
D. A. Kidd	1	0	0	0	0
S. Coen	1	0	0	0	0
R. Donaghue-Leahy	1	0	0	0	0
T. Casey	1	0	0	0	0
S. R. Markey	1	0	0	0	0
Megan Telford-Kelly	1	0	0	1	100
Keithen Kennedy	1	0	0	1	100
Jessica O'Gorman	1	0	0	0	0

Jockey	Runs	Wins	W%	Places	P%
P. Townend	255	109	43	184	72
M. P. Walsh	270	45	17	107	40
J. W. Kennedy	248	40	16	110	44
Mr P. W. Mullins	119	33	28	64	54
D. E. Mullins	313	28	9	86	27
D. J. O'Keeffe	340	28	8	94	28
J. J. Slevin	206	24	12	56	27
Keith Donoghue	220	23	10	64	29
Sean Flanagan	214	18	8	51	24
Donagh Meyler	142	16	11	42	30
B. Hayes	165	16	10	33	20
S. D. Torrens	191	14	7	40	21
Sam Ewing	141	14	10	43	30
S. F. O'Keeffe	237	14	6	50	21
Phillip Enright	201	13	6	43	21
Mr D. O'Connor	87	12	14	37	43
Tiernan Power Roche	67	10	15	19	28
R. A. Doyle	153	10	7	36	24
Mr H. C. Swan	84	9	11	22	26
Danny Gilligan	122	9	7	40	33
P. Byrnes	69	8	12	24	35
Mr J. L. Gleeson	56	8	14	19	34
K. C. Sexton	102	7	7	26	25
A. P. Kelly	114	7	6	27	24
Jordan Colin Gainford	152	7	5	23	15
C. P. Millar	40	6	15	12	30
Miss J. Townend	45	6	13	17	38
Mr R. James	37	6	16	16	43
M. J. Kenneally	34	5	15	11	32
Mr D. G. Lavery	46	5	11	16	35
S. Cleary-Farrell	16	5	31	5	31
K. E. Buckley	108	5	5	20	19
B. W. Harvey	93	5	5	13	14
S. Fitzgerald	86	5	6	16	19
C. M. Quirke	77	5	6	17	22
D. King	82	4	5	15	18
Patrick O'Hanlon	90	4	4	15	17
M. P. O'Connor	97	4	4	17	18
Gearoid Patrick Brouder	46	4	9	9	20
E. Finegan	24	4	17	4	17
Mr Finian Maguire	43	3	7	8	19
J. P. Shinnick	60	3	5	9	15
Alex Harvey	53	3	6	6	11
Joshua Halford	16	3	19	5	31
Mr B. J. Walsh	15	3	20	6	40
Mr B. T. Stone	20	3	15	8	40
Shane O'Callaghan	94	3	3	16	17
C. Stone-Walsh	74	3	4	10	14
M. M. McDonagh	64	3	5	13	20
C. G. O'Dwyer	66	3	5	10	15

Statistics for the last 5 seasons.

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.

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