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Punchestown Festival Day 3 – Quevega And Solwhit Clash In Battle Of The Sexes

Horse RacingThe remarkable Quevega will be bidding to land the Ladbrokes World Series Hurdle for the fourth consecutive year at Punchestown on Thursday and, having won the mares’ hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival for the fifth season running last month, you’d have to have a good reason to bet against her. On this occasion there is good reason: SOLWHIT.

In a way, he is pretty remarkable, too. Charles Byrnes’ stable star was off for the thick end of two years prior to chasing home Bog Warrior at this track on New Year’s Eve, and he’s looked better than ever in three subsequent starts, winning the World Hurdle at Cheltenham and the Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree’s Grand National meeting the last twice.

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Punchestown Festival Day 2 – Captain Chris Poised For Gold Cup Glory

Horse Racing TipsSir des Champs is bound to be a warm order for the Punchestown Gold Cup on the second day of the big meeting at the County Kildare track on Wednesday, having chased home Bobs Worth in the English equivalent at last month’s Cheltenham Festival.

However, CAPTAIN CHRIS will relish the return to a right-hand track and Philip Hobbs’ charge rates a cracking bet at 11/2 (available with Ladbrokes, Paddy Power and Sky Bet at the time of writing) to end this season on a high here.

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