Punchestown on Dirar radar

Dirar is likely to be in action at the Punchestown Festival next month following his victory over hurdles at Downpatrick on Sunday.

Punchestown on Dirar radar
Tue, 27 Mar, 2012 - 01:00
Keith Hamer

The seven-year-old was ending a losing streak going back to the Ebor on the Flat at York in August 2010.

Trainer Gordon Elliott was keen to give him a confidence-boosting success at Downpatrick, which came just nine days after he finished a respectable seventh to Alderwood in the County Hurdle at Cheltenham.

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CourtsRacingPlace: DownpatrickPlace: YorkPlace: County HurdlePlace: CheltenhamPlace: County MeathPlace: PunchestownPlace: North YorkshirePlace: NottinghamPlace: IrelandPlace: MeydanPlace: DubaiPlace: Hong KongPlace: SingaporePlace: EnglandPlace: NewmarketPlace: UAEPlace: Wigmore HallPlace: Rio De La PlataPlace: St Nicholas AbbeyPlace: Treasure BeachPerson: PunchestownPerson: DirarPerson: Gordon ElliottPerson: Pepper LanePerson: William HillPerson: David O’MearaPerson: O’MearaPerson: Luca CumaniPerson: PresvisPerson: CumaniPerson: Ryan MoorePerson: RyanPerson: GamilatiPerson: Simon CrisfordPerson: Michael BellPerson: Richard HannonPerson: Roger CharltonPerson: GodolphinPerson: Frankie DettoriPerson: Aidan O’BrienPerson: O’BrienEvent: Punchestown FestivalEvent: Listed Kilvington StakesEvent: Kilvington StakesEvent: Dubai Duty FreeEvent: CarnivalEvent: Dubai Sheema ClassicEvent: Breeders’ Cup TurfOrganisation: Qipco
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