Deputy Ireland editor and Upping The Ante star David Jennings takes you through the card on day one of the Punchestown festival on Tuesday headlined. Read More
I was born and reared in a town with a racecourse, I was lucky I suppose! When I was growing up in Listowel there was just a September festival. I recall it was a five-day festival from Monday to Friday and all the schools in the area closed. We got a half-day on Friday for the festival and we weren t back until the following Monday week. For me it was an early Christmas.
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Willie Mullins has continued his Christmas success at Leopardstown.
After an opening St. Stephen s Day double on Saturday, the Carlow-based trainer went one further on Sunday, and what a day it was for him and jockey Paul Townend.
Townend guided Mullins Chacun Pour Soi to victory, ahead of Henry De Bromhead s Notebook and Put The Kettle On in the Grade One Paddy s Rewards Club Chase to get the afternoon going for the pair.
Then a stablemate of Chacun Pour Soi s, Appreciate It, took the Grade One Paddy Power Future Champions Novice Hurdle ahead of Irascible and Keskonrisk.