
Punchestown 2015
Punchestown:
The dates for the 2015 Festival have been announced as Tuesday 28th April to Saturday 2nd May 2015. The Punchestown Irish National Hunt Festival is one of the highlights of the Irish sporting and social calendar. The special combination of thrilling sporting action, brilliant live entertainment, delicious food and drink, family fun, dazzling glamour or casual comfort and the unique Punchestown Festival atmosphere is beyond compare..
Racing –
The Punchestown Irish National Hunt Festival is considered the grande finale of the jump season with top class horses, trainers and jockeys from both sides of the Irish sea converging on the Kildare venue to settle scores and confirm reputations. The quality of racing is unrivalled with a total of 11 Grade 1 contests taking place. Punchestown is proud to be the home of Irish National Hunt Racing and host to the famous La Touche Cup, a spectators favourite run over the cross country course. It’s a “must see” for any racing fan.
Race Start Time –
the following times are provisional and based on the 2014 racing schedule.Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the first race goes to post at 3.40. Gates open from12 noon. The last race will be around 7.15pmOn Saturday, AES Festival Family Day, the first race is at 2.30 and the gates will open at 11.30am. You need to get there early for the complimentary childrens activities. Richard Egan Electrical clients are depending on us again this year to supply clean dependable power to some of their High grade systems on site,