Punchestown and Ascot – Horse Racing Selections for May 1, 2026

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What a week it’s been! Two winners yesterday at Punchestown, and if you’ve been following the AI golf bot on the Substack, Cameron Young landed at 20/1 as first round leader at the Cadillac Championship. The AI tool is doing exactly what it’s built to do.

Right — let’s get into today’s picks…

Funiculi Funicula at Punchestown 5:25 — 4/1 Each Way (5 places)

Willie Mullins dominates Punchestown Festival week, and this gelding is a prime example of why. Fast, jumps well, and has been successful over both hurdles and fences. Four to one each way with five places on offer is a cracking each way bet. This is the pick of the day.

Dosman at Ascot 5:30 — 9/2 Each Way (4 places available)

We’ve backed Dosman before and he’s delivered. The overnight support has come in — always a positive sign — and the key question is whether he can transfer his all-weather form to the turf. We think he can. Shop around for the four place terms as not all firms are offering them.

Looking Ahead

Big weekend incoming. The 2,000 Guineas and the Kentucky Derby are both on Saturday — it doesn’t get much bigger than that in racing. Full selections will be on the Substack too as well as here — make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss them.

Good luck today, 18+. 🏇

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Punchestown Day 3 Horse Racing — Three Each-Way Selections (30 April 2026)

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Day three of the Punchestown Festival and we have three each-way plays that we really like. All logged in the P&L tracker from the off.

3.40 Busselton — 9/2 each way (3 places) Busselton won this exact race last year and everything points to connections having targeted this again. Darragh O’Keeffe takes the ride — hard to leave out at the price.

4.15 Karl Des Tourelles — 7/1 each way (5 places) Ran a stormer at Cheltenham before getting badly hampered and running out of room. Drops in class today and gets five places to play with — this is a massive each-way opportunity.

4.50 Come Walk With Me — 7/1 each way (5 places) A fast, classy horse who caught the eye at Fairyhouse last month. Punchestown should suit her well and again we get five places each way.

Total outlay: 6pts (1pt each way x 3) All bets logged in the P&L tracker — results updated tonight.

18+ | Bet responsibly | Past results do not guarantee future returns

Jack with today’s Punchestown picks

Golf and Horse Racing Selections Including Cadillac PGA and Punchestown – Wednesday April 29, 2026

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Good morning – we had a very poor day yesterday at Punchestown with none of the selections doing anything of note. This can happen and it is the nature of horse racing – you sadly have to take your medicine at times just as you enjoy the spoils of the winners.

We are not going to be put off but we will tighten up to just two selections for Punchestown today and given our golf form has been phenomenal, there’s a few picks for the two main events coming up this weekend…

Golf Selections – April 29

Cadillac Championship PGA – Winner

Jake Knapp 28/1 each way (6 places)

Kurt Kitayama 33/1 each way (8 places)

Turkish Open DPWT – Winner

Freddy Shott 55/1 each way (7 places)

Francesco Molinari 60/1 each way (6 places)

Horse Racing Selections – April 29

Punchestown Festival – Day 2, Punchestown

3.05 Simply Natural 6/1 each way (4 places)

4.10 Doctor Steinberg 4/1 each way

18+, be responsible

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Horse Racing Selections Including Punchestown Festival Day 1 – Tuesday April 28, 2026

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Good morning – let’s get back to it with some more winners! Today is the start of the annual Punchestown Festival – time to enjoy some jumps before the flat takes over entirely!

Here are some picks for today…

Horse Racing Selections – April 28

Punchestown Festival – Day 1

3.05 Sticwiththeprocess 10/1 each way (6 places)

3.40 Jet to Monte Carlo 11/2 each way (5 places)

4.15 Skylight Hustle 9/2 each way (3 places)

4.50 July Flower 16/1 each way (3 places)

That’s enough for now – I’m going to swerve the trickier races and focus on the each way value. Good luck – 18+

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Horse Racing Selections – Sunday November 23, 2025

Good morning – we had a nice winning 4/1 treble and a two-unit triumph from Grey Dawning yesterday. It leaves us 5.24 units in profit for November – quite remarkable given we were 8.57 units down this time last week!

Anyway, let’s try to strive further forward…

Horse Racing Selections – November 23

Punchestown

1.17 Fun Fun Fun 11/10 win – 1.5 units

3.00 (John Durkan) Fact to File 6/4 win – 1.5 units

1 unit on the above double

Total staked: 4 units

18+, be responsible

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Horse Racing Selections – Saturday November 22, 2025

Good morning – we had two nice winners yesterday with Diamond Dealer (9/4) and Shiplake (11/4) both roaring home. Our profit for the month now stands at 2.84 units.

Here are today’s selections…

Horse Racing Selections – November 22

Treble Try 4/1, 1 unit

Punchestown 12.32 Kitzbuhel

Haydock 1.50 The Jukebox Man

Newcastle 4.40 Aqua Bear

Other Selections

Ascot 12.55 Bobbi With An I 11/4 win, 1 unit

Haydock 2.25 Navajo Indy 13/2 each way (5 places) – 1 unit each way, 2 total

Ascot 2.40 Celtic Dino 3/1 win, 1 unit

Haydock 3.00 Grey Dawning 5/4, 2 units

Ascot 3.15 Jpr One 9/2 each way – 1 unit each way, 2 total

18+, be responsible

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Horse Racing Selections – Thursday November 13, 2025

Good morning – we had a non-runner and a place yesterday (effective money back or small profit at 6/1 SP). At the 9/2 selected price, we are 5.77 units down total on the month but plenty of time to go.

Let’s go for another treble try today after our winner on Tuesday…

Horse Racing Selections – November 13

Treble Try

Market Rasen 12.40 Moon Over America

Sedgefield 1.24 Lunar Orbit

Punchestown 2.45 Powerful

4.4/1 – 1 unit

18+, be responsible

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Horse Racing Selections – Tuesday September 16, 2025

We had another winner with Mr McLoughlan (7/2) yesterday – shame we didn’t quite hit the double but never mind. Let’s go again…

Horse Racing Selections – September 16

‘Twister Daily Double’ New Feature where we try to land a double – feel free to play as singles as well…

Punchestown (6.3/1 for the double)

1.48 Lookingforarainbow 5/4 win

4.48 Warazam 9/4 win

Uttoxeter

3.10 El Borracho 14/1 each way (small)

18+, be responsible

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Horse Racing Selections Including 2,000 Guineas and Punchestown – Saturday May 3, 2025

Good morning! We had a nice 6/1 winner yesterday after a frustrating week – great to be back with a healthy boom… let’s kick on…

Horse Racing Selections – May 3

Newmarket

2.20 Hand of God 7/4 win

3.35 (2,000 Guineas) Ruling Court 9/2 each way

Punchestown

3.05 Duffle Coat 28/1 each way (5 places)

3.05 Answer to Kayf 11/1 each way (5 places)

18+, be responsible