Punchestown Festival 2018

Punchestown Festival 2018

The Punchestown Festival starts tomorrow Tuesday 24 April 2018 with 5 days of top quality horse racing taking place.

The Punchestown Festival is considered the grande finale of the jump season.

Top class horses, trainers and jockeys from both sides of the Irish sea converge on the Kildare venue.
The quality of racing is unrivalled with a total of 12 Grade 1 contests taking place.

Punchestown is proud to be the home of Irish National Hunt Racing and host the famous La Touche Cup, a spectators favourite run over the cross country course.

It's a "must see" for any racing fan.

There are a total of 38 races run at the Punchestown Festival.

Racing gets underway at 3.40 each day except Saturday when the first race goes to post at 2.35. Gates open at 12.00 (11.30 on Saturday)

Tuesday 24th April - BoyleSports Champion Chase Day

Wednesday 25th April - Coral Punchestown Gold Cup Day

Thursday 26th April - Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle Day

Friday 27th April - BETDAQ Champion Hurdle Day

Saturday 28th April - AES Festival Family Day

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More information available at Punchestown.com

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