Punchestown Tips

Considered by many as the home of National Hunt racing in Ireland, Punchestown has several meetings throughout the season culminating in the five-day Punchestown Festival in the Spring (late April).

It has, of course, the unique ‘banks’ cross country course and hosts the cream of national hunt racing throughout the October to June season.

The John Durkan Memorial Chase is a popular race, the Grade 1 Chase attracts some top-class types with previous winning honours going to the likes of Djakadam (x2), Sizing John, Min (x3) and Allaho.

For fans of the Grand National, Punchestown also hosts a Grand National Trial in February, two months before the big race itself not many of the winners go on to run at Aintree next time out, the last to do so was Dounikos in 2019 who failed to finish the race.

Each season the Racing Fixtures at Punchestown are published and available in advance so you can plan either if you want to go racing at Punchestown or plan your betting. The dates of the Punchestown Festival and ticket information will also be available.

If you are off to Punchestown races today then why not download the OLBG app to keep up to date with all the Punchestown tips at the course?

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* All statistics below are based on the previous five years at Punchestown

Punchestown Outright Favourite Statistics

• Flat Handicaps: 4-18 (22%) -5.00
• Flat Non-Handicaps: 5-13 (38%) -0.47
• Handicap Chases: 16-69 (23%) -12.87
• Handicap Hurdles: 41-157 (26%) -1.71
• Non-Handicap Chases: 61-118 (52%) +8.01
• Non-Handicap Hurdles: 127-252 (50%) -0.90

Punchestown is an undulating 2 mile oval course on the right hand turn.

The majority of the Cross Country Chase course with the famous banks is inside the main circuit until joining on the final turn for the home straight.

Punchestown Racecourse Address: Punchestown, Naas, Co. Kildare, W91 VCX4

Punchestown Racecourse Telephone Number: +353 (0) 45 897704

To buy tickets for a race day at Punchestown, head over to their official ticket booking webpage.

Depending on the time you have arrived on this page you will see the list of races on the card at Punchestown today, ordered by time, and with the most tipped selection highlighted and named.

You can see the latest betting odds for this selection at Punchestown, and then some data on what the OLBG tipsters are saying.

The number of tips for this selection in physical and percentage terms, how many comments have been left for this tip, and also a star rating which is created using the popularity of the tip and the current odds available.

This data is dynamic and can change as more tips for the race are entered and added.

You can click on the comments bubble to read the specific comments for the highlighted Punchestown runner, or you can go to the right-hand side and click on all tips, where you will see an expanded view of all runners, all tips and all comments that have been added.

Also for ease of use, you will note on the right-hand side, on this page, and the expanded view a “Add to Betslip” button. Just as you would on a bookmaker site, this adds the selection to your OLBG betslip and provides an odds comparison to find the best odds at the best bookmaker for these Punchestown tips.

How you use these Punchestown betting tips to win is up to you.

You could use elements of the information on this page to find, the most popular Punchestown tips, the most profitable Punchestown tipsters perhaps, or even use the star ratings to choose the best value Punchestown tips from our member's tip recommendations.

Whilst most people have at least one betting App on their phone, it might be that it is not the app from the bookmaker offering the best odds for Punchestown.

It would be an idea to check out an in-depth report as to who the best bookmakers for horse racing are and ensure you have an account with one of them.

Having access to the best betting odds when betting at Punchestown can mean the difference between profit and loss.

❌ When breaking Punchestown down into trips then you can look at which stall and trip combination has produced the worst LSP, that would be stall 0 over a trip of 1m7f which has, over the last five years produced an LSP of -20.00.

Here we have the draw bias for Punchestown taken into consideration races with ten or more runners, we will break down the figures by race distance, draws can be much more important over the shorter trips in which runners do not have time to find their position during the race meaning the draw is probably more important than the races over longer distances.

• Mile (1m to 1m1½f)

The following table shows a breakdown over a group of trips and shows how each position of the draw does, for example in a twelve-runner race would be Low (Stalls 1-4), Mid (Stalls 5-8) and High (Stalls 9-12), the positions will always be lowest stall number to highest.

Who are the best flat jockeys and trainers to bet on at Punchestown?

Joseph Patrick O'Brien is the leading trainer here at Punchestown with nine winners but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their runners whilst following M D O'Callaghan would have returned the most winners (four) from a profitable trainer. When looking at trainers and looking for some eachway value at Punchestown then the trainer who shows the best eachway profit is M D O'Callaghan, that LSP is +11.38 which has been accumulated by a total of five placings which includes four winners. The trainer with the worst record at Punchestown based on LSP is J S Bolger who has only a 9% strike rate with two winners from twenty-two runners who have returned an LSP of -15.25.

Focusing only on jockeys who show a profit when backing all of their rides, top of the pile at Punchestown for the number of winners is Dylan B McMonagle who has produced a total of five winners in return for an LSP of +9.83. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which jockey is best to follow at Punchestown and that would be J A Heffernan who shows the best eachway LSP which is +10.63 thanks to their eight placings (one winner).

Punchestown Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Punchestown Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Who are the best national hunt jockeys and trainers to bet on at Punchestown?

W P Mullins is the leading trainer here at Punchestown with one hundred sixty-four winners but you would have recorded a loss if you backed all of their runners whilst following Martin Brassil would have returned the most winners (thirteen) from a profitable trainer. If you are more of an eachway player then you may want to know which trainer is best to follow at Punchestown and that would be Conor O'Dwyer who shows the best eachway LSP which is +125.30 thanks to their ten placings (two winners). At the other end of the spectrum is W P Mullins who has a terrible record at Punchestown, of all the trainers their LSP of -128.86 is the worse, they have a 24% strike rate with one hundred sixty-four winners from six hundred seventy-eight runners.

When looking at profitable jockeys only, then it is Sam Ewing who leads the way with a total of seven winners producing an LSP of +46.50 whilst P Townend leads the overall list with eighty-five winners but shows a loss overall. Charlie O'Dwyer is the jockey to follow at Punchestown if you are backing eachway as they show the best LSP of all the jockeys in the eachway market, that is +121.69 which is courtesy of their nine placings (three winners). The jockey with the worst record at Punchestown based on LSP is Darragh O'Keeffe who has only a 7% strike rate with twenty-one winners from three hundred six rides which have returned an LSP of -153.71.

Punchestown Top Jockey and Trainer Combinations

Here are the best trainer and jockey combinations here at Punchestown based on the number of winners:

• 85 Wins: W P Mullins & P Townend
• 40 Wins: Gordon Elliott & J W Kennedy
• 24 Wins: W P Mullins & Mr P W Mullins
• 23 Wins: Henry De Bromhead & Rachael Blackmore
• 16 Wins: W P Mullins & D E Mullins

Punchestown Top Trainers By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

Punchestown Top Jockeys By Most Winners and a Level Stakes Profit

With a huge combined experience of horse racing between them, this content has been created and is maintained by Darren Brett, James Banting and Andy Powell. All of the data for Punchestown Racecourse which includes the favourite statistics, draw bias and the trainer and jockey statistics have been created using results from HorseRaceBase.

Darren Brett

Tipster competition manager

Darren has worked in the horse racing industry for decades bringing to OLBG for the last 20 years a wealth of knowledge, creating much of our content on these sports. Darren also manages our Grand National Guide and is the go-to font of knowledge for the world's greatest steeplechase.

James Banting

Tipster competition assistant

James Banting, a passionate horse racing enthusiast and aficionado, brings a wealth of experience to OLBG, having attended numerous race meetings over the years. His background working with the Jockey Club provides him with a unique insider's perspective on the industry.

Andy Powell

Content editor

Andy is a seasoned professional with more than 15 years of experience in the field of horse racing. He has a thorough understanding of the sport, from analyzing complex statistical data to being part of a winning syndicate at the Cheltenham Festival. Andy is responsible for managing the horse racing trend blogs on OLBG.