Punters blown off course as wind packs a Punch

The wind blew, umbrellas flew and even the rain felt like it could cut you in two, but the show went on at Punchestown yesterday.

Well, most of it, anyway.

Five of the seven races survived the morning’s deluge — 15mm of rain fell onto an already sodden track — and the gusts that reportedly reached 90km/h in Ireland’s more exposed areas.