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Torrens crowned jockey champion
By Chris Caldwell
THIRTY-FOUR wins, 25 second places, 32 thirds and 42 fourth placed finishes that earned over half a million in prizemoney during the 2020/21 National Hunt season have ensured that Simon Torrens was crowned Conditional Champion jockey in Ireland.
The Castlederg native enjoyed a number of high-profile handicap wins during the season, notably at the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown in February where he partnered the Pat Fahy-trained Drop The Anchor to win the Ladbrokes Hurdle and A Wave Of The Sea, trained by Joseph O’Brien, to win the Matheson Handicap Chase, both horses owned by JP McManus.
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.
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