The Punchestown Festival has been packed with top-graded races and action and that won't stop here with Friday's and Saturday's races.
The Festival goes on until the Saturday, April 30 capping off the jumps season with a bang, with the Champion Chase, Gold Cup, Stayers Hurdle, Champion Hurdle and many more highlights.
Cheltenham Festival's top jockey, Townend had a lot to smile about that week and is continuing that form in Ireland
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Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott dominate pretty much every single race this week and the two are featuring heavily in the final two days of the festival with top-graded races.
Paul Townend has had a great time in Ireland this week notching an impressive treble on Wednesday along with a win on Energumene in the Champion Chase on the opening day.
The big names are all out to carry over their great rides at Cheltenham Festival, like Rachael Blackmore, Townend, Aidan Coleman, Robbie Power and Daryl Jacob to name a few.
The first day wasn't quite the day for favourite-backers in the big graded races, but over the next two days there are some clear chances for a plethora of odds-on favourites to come past the post.
Punchestown Betting Tips for Friday
Mares Chase Grade 2 betting tips
Elimay 4/6 at 4.50pm
Elimay won at the Fairyhouse Easter festival and is in fine fettle heading into Friday
The contest over 2m5f plays perfectly to Elimay's strengths who has won over this distance and this course before.
Some of her competitors have more question marks over this trip given they've not won over this distance and also don't have the form to boot.
Elimay has won her last two races; the Mares' Chase at Cheltenham Festival in March and justified odds-on favouritism at Naas the month before.
She's also versatile when it comes to the ground which could be a huge bonus over this testing track.
Former jockey Katie Walsh said on her Betway Blog: "Elimay is simply the best mare and, barring accident, she should win. She's done little wrong this season and was good when winning the Mares' Chase at Cheltenham. I can't wait to see her again."
Champion Hurdle Grade 1 betting tips
Honeysuckle 1/5 at 5.25pm
Honeysuckle has won her last 15 races
It's almost impossible not to include Honeysuckle into bets for Friday's proceedings.
The mare is 15 for 15 under rules and has justified favouritism at every opportunity since she showed her potential back in April 2018.
The Henry De Bromhead trained horse will once again have Rachael Blackmore on board and the two should continue their fantastic winning partnership.
Walsh added: "I also can't wait to see Honeysuckle again. She trounced them all in the Champion Hurdle and is the best horse in this division by a mile. Similar to Elimay, it would take an accident or a huge under-performance for them to get beat."
Punchestown Betting Tips for Saturday
Mares Champion Hurdle (Grade 1) betting tips
Stormy Ireland 17/2
Kildare , Ireland - 1 May 2021; Stormy Ireland, with Danny Mullins up, on their way to winning the Coolmore Kew Gardens Irish EBF Mares Champion Hurdle during day five of the Punchestown Festival at Punchestown Racecourse in Kildare. (Photo By Seb Daly/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
This Grade 1 is run over 2m3f and has some big contenders looking to add to their incredible seasons.
Epatante leads the betting by a distance as the highest-rated horse.
Marie's Rock the impressive Middleham Park horse trained by Henderson, Telmesomethinggirl with Blackmore on board, Stormy Ireland the course and distance winner the biggest threats on paper.
We've seen numerous runners this week win again at Punchestown making a previous win here invaluable, that bonus goes to the Mullins-trained horse at 9/1.
This is the same horse who finished two and a half lengths ahead of McFabulous at Cheltenham on New Year's Day and then finished fourth behind Marie's Rock at the Festival over 2m4f.
He's one of the lighter raced horses in this contest too and makes for a great each-way chance at 9/1.
Ballymore Champion Hurdle (Grade 1) betting tips
Vauban 8/15
Paul Townend celebrating winning the Racing Juvenile Hurdle on board Vauban at the Dublin Racing Festival
Vauban has beaten his closest competitor in the betting twice already this season, at Cheltenham festival in the Triumph Hurdle by two and a half lengths and then by three lengths at Leopardstown in April.
This will suit the front running gelding who thrives over 2m and a return to Punchestown where he was just pipped to the line by Pied Piper in December could bring about an even better performance.
It also bodes well that the Mullins-trained horse can handle versatile ground, whether it be good, yielding or heavy - the weather won't be a concern.
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