Punchestown Gold Cup

This is a general article on this race.
To see our 2010 Article which includes race analysis, latest odds and runners, please Click Here.

Last Ran: 21st April 2010

The Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup is run at Punchestown racecourse and is the highlight of the Punchestown Festival which is in April it offers a massive €250,000 in prize money.

Racing distance is three miles one furlong and is contested by the top stars from Ireland and the UK.

The race is open to horses of five years of age and above and is a massive betting event often with record betting figures.

To help pick the winner here look to which horses ran well in the Cheltenham Gold Cup as the race is often contested by those that ran there, infact in 2005 Kicking King went on to win here after Cheltenham.

Race Facts

Age Limit:

5yo+

Distance:

3m1f

Entrants:

Open

Previous Winners of the Punchestown Gold Cup

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer	Odds
2010	Planet of Sound	R Johnson	P J Hobbs	14/1
2009	Notre Pere (FR)	A E Lynch	J T R Dreaper	15/8 f
2008	Neptune Collonges	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls

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Punchestown World Series Hurdle (22nd April 2010)
Punchestown Novice Chase (22nd April 2010)
Classic Trial (23rd April 2010)
Punchestown Champion Hurdle (23rd April 2010)
Punchestown Land Rover Novice Hurdle (23rd April 2010)

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