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2025 Punchestown Grand National Trial Preview
Scheduled to take place in February of each year at the Punchestown racecourse is the Punchestown Grand National Trial, as a trial for the Grand National this can be a stamina-testing experience, it is run over a trip of three miles and four furlongs and because of the time of the year, the ground can be very testing.
Punchestown Grand National Trial Information:
- Punchestown Grand National Trial Past Winners
- Punchestown Grand National Trial Trainer Statistics
- Punchestown Grand National Trial Jockey Statistics
Our dedicated Punchestown tips page will not only bring you predictions from the OLBG racing tipsters for the upcoming card that includes the Punchestown Grand National Trial but will also have predictions for each meeting at Punchestown throughout the season so be sure to head over there. You may also be interested in other preview blogs that we have packed full of information, head down to the Other Principal Races at Punchestown Racecourse section for links to these.

Best Horse Racing Betting Sites 2025
How competitive is the Punchestown Grand National Trial market? When looking at the over-rounds for the last 20 renewals, the most competitive market was in 2016 when the race had an over-round of 114%. The race in 2010 was a race that was most in the bookie's favour with an over-round of 158%, whilst on average over the last 20 renewals of the Punchestown Grand National Trial, the over-round has been 133%, which means the bookie expects to pay out £100 for every £133 which is bet.
Below you will find the 2025 Punchestown Grand National Trial Trends, see which patterns have occurred over the recent renewals that you may be able to use for the next renewal, we also have a section that looks at the Punchestown Grand National Trial Trend Analysis.
These are the top three quickest-run Punchestown Grand National Trial over the last 20 renewals:
- Some Target (7:24.50) in 2011
- Inoma James (7:31.10) in 2010
- Dounikos (7:35.60) in 2019
Looking at the future form, is the winner worth following next time out? From the past 20 if you had followed the winner of the Punchestown Grand National Trial next time out then you would have backed a total of 2 winners. Backing all 19 runners who have been out since to win at SP next time out, would have returned an LSP of -13.75. Whilst we wait for the 2025 Punchestown Grand National Trial remember you can get daily racing predictions from the expert tipsters on the racing predictions page.
When looking over the past 20 renewals, a time of 7:24.50 was set by Some Target in 2011, which is the quickest time over that period, the runner was trained by W P Mullins and ridden by Paul Townend. The slowest winning time was set in 2013 when Spot The Boss won in a time of 8:18.40, booked to ride was Robbie Colgan by the trainer Oliver McKiernan.
Punchestown Grand National Trial Past Winners
Here are the Punchestown Grand National Trial past winners for the last 10 renewals. Each row details the year of the race, the horse which won along with the age & weight of the horse. The horse's trainer and the jockey at the time of winning the Punchestown Grand National Trial are also displayed, along with the starting price at which the horse was sent off.
Year | Horse | Info |
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2024 7:44.90 | Where It All Began (IRE) 8yo 10-5 10/1 | Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott (IRE) |
2023 7:56.50 | Coko Beach (FR) 8yo 11-4 7/1 | Ben Harvey (5lbs) Gordon Elliott (IRE) |
2022 8:16.10 | Death Duty (IRE) 11yo 11-4 6/1 | Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott (IRE) |
2021 8:09.40 | The Big Dog (IRE) 8yo 10-11 5/2F | Mr J J Codd Peter Fahey (IRE) |
2020 8:08.30 | Ifyoucatchmenow (IRE) 7yo 9-9 14/1 | Conor McNamara (5lbs) W P Mullins (IRE) |
2019 7:35.60 | Dounikos (FR) 8yo 11-0 12/1 | Davy Russell Gordon Elliott (IRE) |
2018 8:08.10 | Folsom Blue (IRE) 11yo 10-11 5/1F | Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott (IRE) |
2017 7:42.40 | Baie Des Iles (FR) 6yo 10-11 8/1 | Ms K Walsh Ross O'Sullivan (IRE) |
2016 7:50.50 | Bonny Kate (IRE) 6yo 10-1 4/1 | Sean Flanagan Noel Meade (IRE) |
2015 7:42.50 | Embracing Change (IRE) 10yo 10-6 7/2F | Phillip Enright Robert Tyner (IRE) |
Where have the winning runners come from?
Here are the countries where the winning trainers of the Punchestown Grand National Trial have been based:
- IRE: 20 winners with an additional 51 placings from 305 runners
- GB: 0 winners with an additional 0 placings from 1 runner
Punchestown Grand National Trial Trainer Statistics
The leading trainer in the Punchestown Grand National Trial over the last 20 renewals is Gordon Elliott who has won the race five times with those five winners coming from Folsom Blue (2018), Dounikos (2019), Death Duty (2022), Coko Beach (2023) and Where It All Began (2024). The only other trainer to have recorded multiple wins in the Punchestown Grand National Trial is W P Mullins (2 wins).
Here are some of the top Punchestown Grand National Trial trainer statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):
Trainer | R-W-P | Win | EW |
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Gordon Elliott | 38-5-13 | +7.00 | +12.21 |
W P Mullins | 20-2-9 | +0.50 | +3.02 |
Noel Meade | 10-1-2 | -5.00 | -5.73 |
E J O'Grady | 6-1-2 | +3.00 | +2.25 |
Thomas Mullins | 3-1-1 | +8.00 | +4.25 |
Ross O'Sullivan | 3-1-3 | +6.00 | +5.80 |
Robert Tyner | 3-1-1 | +1.50 | +0.10 |
D J Barry | 2-1-1 | +15.00 | +9.00 |
Conor O'Dwyer | 2-1-1 | +6.00 | +3.38 |
Peter Fahey | 2-1-1 | +1.50 | +0.56 |
Punchestown Grand National Trial Jockey Statistics
The leading jockey in the Punchestown Grand National Trial over the last 20 renewals is Jack Kennedy who has won the race three times with those three winners coming from Folsom Blue (2018), Death Duty (2022) and Where It All Began (2024). There is one jockey who has not had the best of times in the Punchestown Grand National Trial, Mark Walsh has ridden 10 runners to the race without recording any wins.
Here are some of the top Punchestown Grand National Trial jockey statistics over the last 20 renewals (R = Runners, W = Winners, P = Places including winners, Win LSP is based on 1pt Win and EW LSP is based on 0.5pt Win & 0.5pt Place):
Jockey | R-W-P | Win | EW |
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Jack Kennedy | 7-3-4 | +17.00 | +10.88 |
Paul Townend | 9-1-2 | -3.50 | -4.53 |
Phillip Enright | 8-1-1 | -3.50 | -4.90 |
Sean Flanagan | 7-1-4 | -2.00 | +0.77 |
Robbie Colgan | 5-1-1 | +4.00 | +0.80 |
Conor Maxwell | 2-1-1 | +15.00 | +9.00 |
Conor McNamara | 2-1-1 | +13.00 | +7.75 |
Ben Harvey | 1-1-1 | +7.00 | +4.38 |
Mark Walsh | 10-0-4 | -10.00 | -2.37 |
Mark Enright | 8-0-1 | -8.00 | -7.05 |
2025 Punchestown Grand National Trial Trends
Favourites finishing positions (oldest to latest): 1, 7, 4, 2, 8, UR, 9, 6, 3, 7, 1, 2, 3, 1, 6, (3, 5), 1, 5, UR, 2
The percentage shown is the percentage of the total number of runners who fell under that factor. High percentages are less appealing than lower ones as you would expect them to do well.
- 20 / 20 (70%) - No bigger than 16/1
- 20 / 20 (71%) - Not in a G2/LST/Cl2/Cl5 (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (75%) - Achieved an RPR of 80+ (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (81%) - Ran in 2 - 6 races (Season)
- 20 / 20 (84%) - Fewer than 7 placings (Hcps)
- 20 / 20 (84%) - Had 4 - 15 placings (Career)
- 20 / 20 (84%) - Ran in 2 - 6 races (90 Days)
- 20 / 20 (85%) - Achieved an RPR of 106+ (Season)
- 20 / 20 (85%) - In a field of 6 - 20 (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (86%) - In a field of 9 - 25 (Debut)
- 20 / 20 (87%) - Furthest Placed 2m5½f - 3m5f
- 20 / 20 (88%) - Ran in 2 - 7 races (180 Days)
- 20 / 20 (88%) - No bigger than 25/1 (LTO)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Fewer than 4 wins (Hcps)
- 20 / 20 (89%) - Achieved an RPR of 114+ (Last 5)
Remember to use the trends listed above along with the Punchestown racing predictions to see if you can find the winner of the Punchestown Grand National Trial. If there is anything that you do not understand in this blog, please leave a comment or head over to the Horse Racing Terms and Abbreviations article which is available in the OLBG Betting School section.
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Punchestown Grand National Trial Trend Analysis
✅ The trend factor that produced 10+ winners and shows the best LSP, an LSP of +2.00 is when runners had 1 career place in the class.
❌ The worst performing factor that has failed to produce a single winner is when runners ran in a Class 1 (G2) last time out, when backing these the trend shows a record of 0-49.
The courses that have produced the most winners of the Punchestown Grand National Trial are Fairyhouse and Gowran Park, there has been a total number of 5 winners from each of those courses.
The race is open to both sexes with the Male runners having produced a total of 17 winners from a total of 270 runners whilst the Female runners have produced 3 winners from a total of 36 runners.
Looking over the past renewals, there is only one stallion whose offspring have produced multiple winners of the Punchestown Grand National Trial, that stallion Old Vic has produced 3 winners (2018,2014,2008).
These are the stallions whose offspring have not produced a winner of the Punchestown Grand National Trial despite multiple attempts:
- Flemensfirth (0 Wins from 16 runners)
- Milan (0 Wins from 12 runners)
- Oscar (0 Wins from 12 runners)
- Saddlers Hall (0 Wins from 7 runners)
- Stowaway (0 Wins from 7 runners)
Looking at the winning odds over the last 20 renewals, the biggest-priced winner was Kings Glen in 2006, winning for Thomas Carberry at odds of 16/1 under the guidance of P A Carberry. Looking at the runners at the head of the market over the last 20 renewals there have been 4 winning favourites in the race. Ahead of the 2025 Punchestown Grand National Trial why not head over to the best racing tipster page to see what the tipsters are backing today?
Article Contributor Information
We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to creating and maintaining this Punchestown Grand National Trial Preview are at hand, Andy and James. They both work on the Horse racing tips team team looking after the tipsters and managing the tips settlement, whilst also creating and managing all of the horse racing event previews for International racing.