Punchestown Festival 2021 Begins Today 

Punchestown Festival 2021 Begins Today

Five days of quality horse racing starts today Tuesday 27 April and runs until Saturday 01 May.

There are a total of 40 races run at the Punchestown Festival including 12 Grade 1 contests.

The highlights include
Tuesday 27 April The William Hill Champion Steeplechase at 5.25pm
Wednesday 28 April The Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup at 5.55pm
Thursday 29 April The Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle at 5.25pm
and at 6.35pm The Ryanair Novice Steeplechase
Friday 30 April The Paddy Power Champion Hurdle at 5.25pm
Saturday 1 May is the Ballymore Festival Family Day with
The Coolmore Kew Gardens Irish EBF Annie Power Mares Champion Hurdle at 3.20pm,
The Ballymore Champion Four Year Old Hurdle at 4.00pm, and
The BARONERACING.COM Handicap Hurdle at 5.05pm

At the festival will be top trainer Henry de Bromhead.
He has had an amazing year. Last month at Cheltenham he won the three biggest prizes at Cheltenham
– the Champion Hurdle, the Champion Chase and the Gold Cup.
Two weeks ago he had first and second in the Aintree Grand National.
Also at the Punchestown Festival of horse racing will be Rachael Blackmore, the first woman ever to ride the winner of the Grand National.

Due to Government restrictions there will be no huge crowds to celebrate the Grand National win and see Rachael in action.
Just trainers, jockeys, grooms and the media. All the action will however be live on RTE each day.

And the Champion Jockey battle between Paul Townend, who will return from injury, and Rachael Blackmore will be decided at the Punchestown Festival.
Paul leads Rachael by 4, going into the Punchestown Festival, after Rachael had 3 winners in Kilbegan on Friday 23 April.

Get In The Know
Going Report: Click for daily report.

Festival Slice: Live broadcast preview each day at 12.30pm on Punchestown Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Get Involved: Live coverage each day from RTE 2 & Racing TV. Follow it all on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram

Digital Racecard - Download Daily Card

See Our Town - Punchestown Festival 2019



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PUNCHESTOWN, NAAS, CO. KILDARE, IRELAND, W91 VCX4

The home of Irish jump racing and the famous Punchestown Festival.

TEL: 045 897704
E: info@punchestown.com
W: www.punchestown.com

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