Punchestown festival day one tips: Dinoblue can get back to winning ways
BIG CONTENDER: Dinoblue can make the most of the mares’ allowance she receives from Banbridge and Gentleman De Mee. Picture: Morgan Treacy/Inpho
The 2024 Punchestown festival gets underway on Tuesday afternoon with a 2.30pm start and Dinoblue rates the nap on the card. Willie Mullins’ runner contests the William Hill Champion Chase, one of the three Grade Ones on the card, and she can get back to winning ways following her runner-up finishes at Cheltenham and, prior to that, at the Dublin Racing Festival.
At Cheltenham, she came up a little shy behind Limerick Lace but may have been a shade unlucky that day. She is capable of better, won’t have any issue with the quicker ground if the rain stays away, and she can make the most of the mares’ allowance she receives from her main dangers, Banbridge and Gentleman De Mee.
