Top Betting Tips for Day Three of the Punchestown Festival from Racing Post Experts

The winner of a maiden hurdle by eight lengths at the 2022 Listowel festival, this horse suffered a bad fall at Ballinrobe a year ago. However, he showed no ill effects when he won a staying handicap at Gowran last week, delivered by apprentice Cian Horgan. O’Grady has asked him to keep good company after his Listowel win, and with a mark of 115, he looks good for his first handicap. The horse is 2lb higher but the JP McManus team has booked the excellent 5lb claimer Aidan Kelly.

As a Grade 1 and County Hurdle winner, Saint Roi undoubtedly has the class to win this if things go his way. Saint Roi was bought for £130,000 by David Maxwell after landing an Irish point in March 2023. He followed up by making a winning bumper debut for his owner at Chepstow in December. Despite this form leaving him with a lot to find against the best of the Irish, Derham has established himself as a coming force in the training ranks and probably wouldn’t risk such a good prospect unless he thought he were up to it.

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