Horse Racing - Punchestown Gold Cup

This race, held in Ireland each year, is staged over a distance of three miles and 120 yards (4,938 metres) at Punchestown racecourse, County Kildare, Ireland during its annual Festival meeting in late April/early May. The race is open to horses aged five-years-old and over. It was first staged in 1960 as a novice chase and didn't attain Grade 1 status until 1999. It was not raced in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Winners since it became a Grade 1 race:
 
YEAR
WINNER
JOCKEY
TRAINER
1999 IMPERIAL CALL R Walsh R Hurley
2000 COMMANCHE COURT R Walsh T Walsh
2001 *MOSCOW EXPRESS B G'aghty F Crowley
2002 FLORIDA PEARL B G'aghty W Mullins
2003 FIRST GOLD T Doumen F Doumen
2004 BEEF OR SALMON T Murphy M Hourigan
2005 KICKING KING B G'aghty T Taaffe
2006 WAR OF ATTRITION C O'Dwyer M Morris
2007
NEPTUNE COLLONGES
R Walsh P Nicholls
2008
NEPTUNE COLLONGES
R Walsh
P Nicholls
2009
NOTRE PERE
A Lynch J Dreaper
2010
PLANET OF SOUND
R Johnson
P Hobbs
2011
FOLLOW THE PLAN
T Doyle O McKiernan
2012 CHINA ROCK B G'aghty M Morris
2013 SIR DES CHAMPS D Russell W Mullins
2014 BOSTON BOB R Walsh W Mullins
2015 DON COSSACK P Carberry G Elliott
2016 CARLINGFORD LOUGH B G'aghty J Kiely
2017 SIZING JOHN R Power J H'rington
2018 BELLSHILL D Mullins W Mullins
2019 KEMBOY R Walsh W Mullins
2020 Not held - -
2021 CLAN DES OBEAUX S T-Davies P Nicholls
2022 ALLAHO P Townend W Mullins
2023 FASTORSLOW JJ Slevin M Brassil
2024 FASTORSLOW JJ Slevin M Brassil
2025 GALOPIN DES CHAMPS P Townend W Mullins
2026 GAELIC WARRIOR P Townend W Mullins

*Staged at Leopardstown

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