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

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

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

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

Maughreen shows plenty of family ability in dazzling debut

Maughreen, a mare out of half-sister to former Champion Hurdle winner Faughreen, romps to easy success in debut at Punchestown

Lossiemouth expected to put Grade One seal on record-breaking season for Willie Mullins

Christophe Soumillon teams up with Aga Khan again for Europe’s first Group One prize of 2023

Mullins and Townend continue Punchestown festival dominance with Grade One double

Connections face Champion Hurdle puzzle with State Man and Impaire Et Passe next season

King Henry returns to his throne, while Leo Cullen bites back in numbers game

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Willie Mullins smashes his own Irish prizemoney record with Punchestown four-timer

Champion trainer reaches over €6.6 million for the season with two days of festival to go

Punchestown preview: State Man out to make another statement of intent

Trainer Willie Mullins also runs the hugely talented Impaire Et Passe in hurdle action on Friday’s card

Martin Brassil’s Fastorslow springs 20-1 shock in Punchestown Gold Cup

Plucky move by trainer results in defeat of both Galopin Des Champs and Bravemansgame

Sire Du Berlais in pursuit of a Punchestown festival hat-trick in Stayers

Arkle hero El Fabiolo set to start short odds for other Grade One prize at Punchestown

Emmet Mullins interrupts his uncle’s festival progress as Feronily gives trainer a first Grade One win

Energumene heads 160-1 four-timer for Willie Mullins on day one of Punchestown festival

Matriarch of Mullins family still winning after more than 80 visits to Punchestown

Maureen Mullins (94) first came to Co Kildare horse racing festival when she was 12 and returns every year

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