Consistently giving transgressors benefit of the doubt in interference cases is insufficient deterrent
Trainer Denis Hogan left furious after failing to be awarded Down Royal race in stewards’ room following interference from winner
Punchestown Festival
City Of Troy faces date with Classic destiny in Newmarket 2,000 Guineas
Kinsale jockey Ben Curtis has shot at Kentucky Derby glory on board Honor Marie in ‘Run for the Roses’ on Saturday night
Willie Mullins becomes winning-most Irish trainer of all time with Grade One double taking him to 4,378 victories
Paul Townend trails Jack Kennedy by four winners (123-119) going into Saturday’s final programme of the season
Punchestown: State Man aiming to complete spotless season and record 10th Grade One success
Eager anticipation of highly-rated Cheltenham hero Ballyburn’s latest appearance in top-flight novice event
Teahupoo takes Jack Kennedy a step closer to landing first jockeys’ championship
Willie Mullins saddles record 35th Grade One success of the season as Il Etait Temps upsets 1-3 favourite Gaelic Warrior
Teahupoo has shot at becoming first horse in 25 years to pull off Cheltenham-Punchestown Stayers double
Gaelic Warrior an overwhelming favourite to give Willie Mullins a ninth win in a row in Grade One novice chase at Punchestown
Fastorslow underlines horses for courses theory with another Punchestown defeat of Galopin Des Champs
Gold Cup redemption for jockey JJ Slevin on victorious Factorslow at Punchestown after being unseated at Cheltenham from Martin Brassil-trained star
Galopin Des Champs can put seal on transformative campaign and pull off Gold Cup hat-trick at Punchestown
Cheltenham bumper hero Jasmin De Vaux bids to join elite company by doubling up at Punchestown Festival
JJ Slevin grabs more big-race glory as Banbridge pounces to deny Captain Guinness
Mystical Power and Spillane’s Tower supply Grade One double for JP McManus and Mark Walsh in front of 16,361 Day One festival crowd
Paul Townend has seven-winner gap to bridge on Jack Kennedy for champion jockey title
Kennedy leads rival by 122-115 with just five days left to end of the season
Fighting on all fronts leaves little sign Willie Mullins won’t continue to dominate Punchestown festival
Dinoblue heads record-breaking trainer’s team into end of season finale worth €3.5m prizemoney
Boodles signs three-year Punchestown sponsorship deal worth €900,000
Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Rachael Blackmore is to be drafted into the jewellery retailer’s box to woo potential clients
Maughreen shows plenty of family ability in dazzling debut
Maughreen, a mare out of half-sister to former Champion Hurdle winner Faughreen, romps to easy success in debut at Punchestown
Lossiemouth expected to put Grade One seal on record-breaking season for Willie Mullins
Christophe Soumillon teams up with Aga Khan again for Europe’s first Group One prize of 2023
Mullins and Townend continue Punchestown festival dominance with Grade One double
Connections face Champion Hurdle puzzle with State Man and Impaire Et Passe next season
King Henry returns to his throne, while Leo Cullen bites back in numbers game
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Willie Mullins smashes his own Irish prizemoney record with Punchestown four-timer
Champion trainer reaches over €6.6 million for the season with two days of festival to go
Punchestown preview: State Man out to make another statement of intent
Trainer Willie Mullins also runs the hugely talented Impaire Et Passe in hurdle action on Friday’s card
Martin Brassil’s Fastorslow springs 20-1 shock in Punchestown Gold Cup
Plucky move by trainer results in defeat of both Galopin Des Champs and Bravemansgame
Sire Du Berlais in pursuit of a Punchestown festival hat-trick in Stayers
Arkle hero El Fabiolo set to start short odds for other Grade One prize at Punchestown
Emmet Mullins interrupts his uncle’s festival progress as Feronily gives trainer a first Grade One win
Energumene heads 160-1 four-timer for Willie Mullins on day one of Punchestown festival
Matriarch of Mullins family still winning after more than 80 visits to Punchestown
Maureen Mullins (94) first came to Co Kildare horse racing festival when she was 12 and returns every year
Galopin Des Champs odds-on to live up to exalted billing in Punchestown feature
Mullins star bids to emulate Sizing John by pulling off Gold Cup ‘Triple Crown’
Extra security in place at Punchestown to counter threat of animal rights disruption
Track officials anticipate up to 110,000 people to attend five-day festival this week
Willie Mullins could exert unprecedented grip on Punchestown festival action
Champion trainer 20-1 to win the dozen Grade 1 races up for grabs at the Kildare track this week
Energumene headlines day one at Punchestown
The Willie Mullins-trained nine-year-old will be the star attraction of the William Hill Champion Chase
‘Some wanted to touch the grass for luck’: Walking Sunday returns to Punchestown ahead of festival
Event attracts crowds of visitors taking opportunity to walk around race track to raise funds for charity
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