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Punchestown Gold Cup Betting Tips, Winners & History

Meeting:
Punchestown Festival
Racecourse:
Punchestown
Grade:
Grade 1

The day two highlight at the Punchestown Festival is for many the standout contest of the entire meeting. Regularly featuring runners to have taken part in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, as well as the English and Irish Grand Nationals, the Punchestown Gold Cup is always a race to savour.

Next Race: TBD

The next renewal of this race has not been scheduled yet. We will update this once the schedule has been released for next season. The race info, trends and tips shown below will be updated for the next renewal once the final declarations have been made.

Last Run: 1st May 2019

  • Winner: Kemboy
  • SP: 13/8
  • Trainer: Willie Mullins
  • Jockey: Ruby Walsh

Race Info

3m½f is the trip for this Grade 1 Chase contest. Offering a total of €300,000 in total prize money, the going at the track is currently yielding.

Going Distance Grade Prize Money Runners EW Terms
Yielding 3m½f Grade 1 €300,000 11 Runners 1/5 1-3

Punchestown Gold Cup Betting Tips

Punchestown, 18:05, Wednesday 29th April 2020

Note: The following tips are from 2020. Tips for the next renewal will be added once the final declarations have been made.

Race cancelled.

Punchestown Gold Cup Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2020 Abandoned - - -
2019 Kemboy 13/8 Willie Mullins Ruby Walsh
2018 Bellshill 4/1 Willie Mullins David Mullins
2017 Sizing John 9/10 Jessica Harrington Robbie Power
2016 Carlingford Lough 12/1 John Kiely Barry Geraghty
2015 Don Cossack 5/2 Gordon Elliott Paul Carberry
2014 Boston Bob 5/2 Willie Mullins Ruby Walsh
2013 Sir Des Champs 2/1 Willie Mullins Davy Russell
2012 China Rock 20/1 Mouse Morris Barry Geraghty
2011 Follow The Plan 20/1 Oliver McKiernan Tom Doyle

About the Punchestown Gold Cup: A Star-Studded Chase

Gold Bars on a Map of Ireland

In horse racing, springtime is associated with the start of the new flat season. The National Hunt season never goes out with a whimper though. It’s brought to a close with the biggest Irish meeting of the year, the Punchestown Festival, a great five days that can rival Cheltenham for equine class, betting options and Guinness downed.

The biggest yards from Ireland and Britain are all represented at this five day extravaganza of racing which includes a host of Grade 1 contests. The Punchestown Gold Cup is among the very best and most valuable races of the lot.

Cheltenham Runners Go for Gold Once More

The Punchestown Gold Cup as we currently know it was only introduced around the turn of the century. Technically, the Grade 1, 3m½f race was brand new in 1999 but it actually replaced a previous version which was open only to novice chasers.

Opening up the Punchestown Gold Cup to all chasers aged five and older has seen it steadily increase in importance. That much is clear by the number of competitors from the Gold Cup at Cheltenham who are sent on to compete in County Kildare.

It took six renewals before Kicking King became the first horse to win both the Cheltenham and Punchestown Gold Cups in the same season. There was no wait for the next horse to complete the double though as War Of Attrition managed to take both prizes in 2006. There was an even bigger break before Sizing John’s double in 2017 but Don Cossack did win at Punchestown in 2015 and then at Cheltenham in 2016.

Same Season Dual Gold Cup Winners

Year Horse Trainer
2017 Sizing John Jessica Harrington
2006 War Of Attrition Mouse Morris
2005 Kicking King Tom Taaffe

In the years before 1999 the Punchestown Gold Cup had a reputation for producing top class chasers. The horse who many believe to be the best chaser of all time, Arkle, won the race whilst still a novice. He would go on to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup in each of the three years that followed.

A Great Test of the Best Stayers

The class of those repeat winners prove that this is a race that really sets the best staying chasers apart. Moreover, the conditions tend to be somewhere around good to soft. That demands both stamina and pace. Horses must be able to remain in contention whilst keeping something in reserve for the kick for home as it’s unusual for the Punchestown Gold Cup to be an out and out slog.

Chart Showing the Going for the Punchestown Gold Cup Over the Last 20 Years

Jumping is the other vital attribute. In total there are 17 fences to be navigated, each of which poses a real threat. Several horses have fallen when in a strong position and others have seen their chances end when making mistakes as the pressure is really turned on in the latter stages. That’s especially true when the ground is on the firmer side of yielding and the pace is turned up.

Class Applies to Jockeys and Trainers

The standard of performance required to win this race means that getting a confident ride from an experienced jockey can make the difference. Both Barry Geraghty and Ruby Walsh have won the new look race five times. Sometimes their role was to guide some of the very best chasers of their peers safely through the race and keep mistakes at bay but at other times those two had to give their partners world class rides.

Punchestown Gold Cup Winning Jockeys

Wins Jockey
5 Barry Geraghty Ruby Walsh
1 David Mullins Robbie Power
Paul Carberry Davy Russell
Tom Doyle Richard Johnson
Andrew Lynch Conor O’Dwyer
Timmy Murphy Thierry Doumen

Like many of the races at the Punchestown Festival, unsurprisingly the Gold Cup has been a happy hunting ground for Irish horses and trainers. Big name trainers from the Emerald Isle including Willie Mullins, Jessica Harrington and Gordon Elliott have all saddled the winner but so have British trainers such as Paul Nicholls and Philip Hobbs and the French trainer, François Doumen.

Punchestown Gold Cup Winning Trainers

Wins Trainer
4 Willie Mullins
2 Mouse Morris Paul Nicholls
1 Jessica Harrington John Kiely
Gordon Elliott Oliver McKiernan
Philip Hobbs Jim Dreaper
Tom Taaffe Michael Hourigan
Francois Doumen Frances Crowley
Ted Walsh Raymond Hurley

Other Races of Note at Punchestown

  • Punchestown Champion Chase
  • Punchestown Champion Hurdle
  • Punchestown Gold Cup

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