Galopin Des Champs is the star of the show on the second day of the 2024 Punchestown Festival.
The Cheltenham Gold Cup winner was beaten by Fastorslow in last season’s renewal of the Punchestown Gold Cup and the pair lock horns again in Wednesday’s feature as Willie Mullins’ stable star attempts to land a fourth Grade 1 in a row.
There is further top-level action courtesy of the Channor Real Estate Group Novice Hurdle as Aintree winner Dancing City and Cheltenham scorer Stellar Story renew rivalries before the first two home in the Champion Bumper, Jasmin De Vaux and Romeo Coolio, go at it again in the Race & Stay At Punchestown Champion I.N.H. Flat Race.
Punchestown odds can be found on the Paddy Power website and Paddy Power app, otherwise, everything you need to know about day two of the mega meeting is below.
Punchestown Races
Our Racecards page has details of the runners and riders plus Timeform’s horse-by-horse analysis for every renewal on the Punchestown Festival schedule.
The following seven races take place at Punchestown on Wednesday, May 1:
14:30: Adare Manor Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle
15:05: Connolly’s Red Mills Irish EBF Auction Hurdle Series Final
15:40: Louis Fitzgerald Hotel Hurdle
16:15: Channor Real Estate Group Novice Hurdle (Grade 1)
16:50: Race and Stay at Punchestown Champion I.N.H Flat Race (Grade 1)
17:25: Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup (Grade 1)
18:00: HSS Hire Handicap Chase (Grade 3)
18:35: Weatherbys GSB Irish EBF Mares Flat Race (Grade 3)
Punchestown Going
The latest report conducted at Punchestown on Wednesday, May 1 has the official going as Yielding, Good to Yielding (in places).
Punchestown TV Schedule
You can watch five of the seven races on day two of the Punchestown Festival on RTÉ2.
RTÉ2: 15:30 – 18:30
Punchestown Live Stream
You can live stream every single race at Punchestown on Wednesday on the Paddy Power website and via the Paddy Power app for FREE!
Just head to paddypower.com or the Paddy Power app and sign up or log in. Once you’ve done that, find the betting page for the renewal you wish to watch and click the button that says ‘Watch Live’.
You don’t even have to place a bet to catch all the action.
Punchestown Tips
Paddy Power News is your home for Punchestown Festival betting tips. Our superstar stable of pundits includes former jockeys Ruby Walsh and Mick Fitzgerald, shrewd tipster Rory Delargy and ITV Racing personality Matt Chapman.
- Punchestown Gold Cup tips and runner-by-runner guide to Punchestown 5.25 on Wednesday
- Our pundit-packed cheat sheet for Wednesday at Punchestown
- Punchestown tips today from Rory Delargy
- Mick Fitzgerald’s Punchestown tips for Wednesday
- Ruby Walsh’s Punchestown tips for today
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