Punchestown Tuesday preview: Donn McClean tips By Donn McClean 10:53 · TUE April 27, 2021 Our man thinks Colreevy is overpriced at Punchestown today and he has a 12/1 fancy for the big handicap hurdle on the card. Punchestown Tuesday best bets: Best in handicaps: Champagne Gold (4.50) And so begins a Punchestown Festival like no other, the culmination of a season that has no precedent. There hasn’t been one since 2019, when Monkfish was beaten in a bumper and Ruby Walsh retired, and we have missed it. There will be sub-plots this week for sure, like the jockeys’ championship sub-plot. Paul Townend, returned from injury, four clear of Rachael Blackmore, 95-91, with five fantastic racing days left. And the amateurs’ title on the line, Patrick Mullins 45, Jamie Codd 45, each of them with three rides today and three rides tomorrow in a battle that could run to Saturday evening.
); With all the doom and gloom, it lifted the whole of West Kerry. He is one of us and a Gold Cup winner 22-year-old Jack Kennedy’s metoric rise in racing and recovery from injuries has inspired his fanbase at home in West Kerry. By Fintan O Toole Sunday 25 Apr 2021, 10:15 AM 4 hours ago 9,258 Views 2 Comments Updated 1 hour ago ON SATURDAY 20 March, Jack Kennedy was back in action at Thurles racecourse. It was less than 24 hours since the biggest win of his career, a landmark moment in becoming the youngest jockey in modern times to claim the Cheltenham Gold Cup. In racing, it is one of the quirks of the trade to operate under the intense glare of the sporting spotlight and then resume riding in an off-Broadway setting the following day.
Cloth Cap will be going in as favourite Credit: PA The 2021 Grand National gets underway this afternoon. Here, 1990 winner Marcus Armytage gives his verdict, while you can find the view of our tipster Marlborough and the thoughts of the great and the good from sport below. Good luck! It may not be quite the message the Government has wanted to get across to the public in the last 12 months but, as a degree of normality begins to return, it is time we should all start Takingrisks. A year after the Randox Health Grand National was cancelled by Covid, the 173 rd running will finally take place albeit in front of its smallest ever crowd which might just about amount to 1,000 people if you add up the owners, trainers, officials, racecourse staff and police.
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Saint can land National for the Mullins family Willie Mullins has had the Grand National in mind for Burrows Saint for a while. PLENTY will be searching for the name of Tiger Roll when they look at the 40 runners for this year’s Randox Grand National (5.15pm), but sadly connections opted not to attempt a record-equalling third win with the 11-year-old who could be back in 12 months’ time. The Irish, who notably dominated the Cheltenham Festival and have won three of the last four renewals, are still strongly represented with seven of the first 10 in the betting. However, the big race favourite is trained on these shores (admittedly by an Irishman) and looks to hold leading claims.
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UPDATED 10:05AM, APR 10 2021 There will be a Tiger Roll-shaped hole in Saturday s Randox Grand National, but the world s greatest steeplechase is shaping up to be as competitive as ever, with the likes of Ladbrokes Trophy hero and clear ante-post favourite Cloth Cap, Welsh National winner Secret Reprieve, Burrows Saint and Kimberlite Candy among the 68 possibles remaining for the race. Will one of those horses etch their name into the history books? Or could this be the year of another shock to rival the likes of Auroras Encore, Mon Mome and Foinavon? Our experts give their thoughts on the illustrious race.
2:18PM, APR 3 2021 Remarkable Kim Muir winner Mount Ida is the subject of major support in the betting on Saturday afternoon in her clash with classy mare Elimay at Fairyhouse (2.20). Mount Ida was 999-1 in running when trailing at the Cheltenham Festival but subsequently eased into the race and motored home for a six-and-a-half-length victory. The Denise Foster-trained seven-year-old has been strongly backed on her first start since – in the Listed mares chase (2.20) – shortening into 6-4 (from 9-4). Her chief rival Elimay has drifted to 4-6 (from 1-2). The other significant mover on the day is in the competitive RYBO Handicap Hurdle with Great Bear now 8-1 (from 14-1).