18:05 Punchestown

Wednesday 29 April 2026

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Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup (Grade 1)

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 1  |   3m 213y  |   Yielding  |   5 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 18:05  |   Winning time: 6m 31.80s
1st
Horse silk
3
Gaelic Warrior
811-10
5/6f
T: W P MullinsJ: Paul Townend
Held up in touch in 4th, a little keen, 3rd halfway, 2nd before 12th, disputed lead 3 out, led travelling well entering straight, eased clear after 2 out, not fluent last, nudged out run-in, kept on well, very easily
2nd
Horse silk
26
2
Fact To File
911-10
13/8
T: W P MullinsJ: Mark Walsh
Led, reached for 5 out where mistake, joined 3 out, pushed along and headed entering straight, soon no impression, ridden after 2 out, no extra op 7/4 tchd 15/8
3rd
Horse silk
28
4
Grangeclare West
1011-10
28/1
T: W P MullinsJ: Brian Hayes
Tracked leaders in 3rd, jumped right 6th, soon 2nd, slow 10th, 3rd before 12th, pushed along 4 out, no impression when slow next, weakened op 25/1
4th
Horse silk
37
5
Inothewayurthinkin
811-10
8/1
T: G P CromwellJ: Keith Donoghue
Tracked leader, slow 3rd, jumped right 6th, 3rd when not fluent next, niggled along in 4th halfway, slow 9th and jumped big 10th, soon pushed along, jumped right 5 out, in touch when not fluent 4 out, weakened, tailed off op 7/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
1
Champ Kiely
1011-10
33/1
T: W P MullinsJ: Danny Mullins
Always behind, never a factor, weakened after 10th, slow next and soon eased, pulled up before 12th
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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:€1.84Pl:€1.10, €1.50EX:€2.20Trifecta:€7.70SF:€2.67

Forecasts

Gaelic Warrior (5/6), Fact To File (13/8), Inothewayurthinkin (8/1), Grangeclare West (28/1), Champ Kiely (33/1)

Verdict

GAELIC WARRIOR turned on the style when a most impressive winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup and in that sort of form can turn the tables on his Irish Gold Cup conqueror Fact To File in what promises to be a race to savour. His top-class stablemate rates a massive threat, though, having bypassed Cheltenham.

  1. GAELIC WARRIOR (GER)
  2. FACT TO FILE (FR)
  3. GRANGECLARE WEST (IRE)

Previous Winners

2025
Galopin Des Champs
Weight: 11-10  |Age: 9
J: Paul Townend  |  T: W P Mullins
5/6

Prize Money

1st: €180,000.002nd: €60,000.003rd: €30,000.004th: €15,000.005th: €9,000.006th: €6,000.00

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