On the same day Punchestown rounds off a stellar jumps season, Newmarket kicks off the flat season proper with the first Classic and first Group One, the 2000 Guineas. In case you don’t know, it’s the mile version of the Derby and open only to three-year-olds, the Classic generation. Horses only…
Day: 29 April 2016
1pt win My Tent Or Yours @2/1, 17:30 Punchestown
The highlight of Friday’s Punchestown Festival card is the Grade 1 Punchestown Champion Hurdle, where six go to post in an interesting renewal. Due to injury and fatigue, there’s no Faugheen or Annie Power, who have dominated the division the past two seasons, so Rich Ricci and Willie Mullins have rerouted…