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Ryanair Novice Chase Betting

The Ryanair Novice Chase is part of the exciting Punchestown Festival during late April or early May at Punchestown racecourse. The Festival is effectively an Irish version of the Cheltenham Festival, although it stretches out over five days of racing.

The Ryanair is a Grade 1 Chase for novice chasers aged 5-years-old and over. The race involves a trip of 2 miles and there are eleven fences to be negotiated along the way.

Its relevance to the Cheltenham Festival is highlighted by the fact that many runners from the Arkle Trophy at Cheltenham go on to compete at Punchestown. Moscow Flyer won both races in the same season in 2002 and punters could well find some value in the odds for another horse to achieve that this season.

Betting doubles on both festivals are often very popular and can prove fruitful and it is worth noting that Captain Cee Bee, winner in 2010, went on to finish a very respectable third in the 2011 Queen Mother Champion Chase, and 2008 winner Big Zeb went on to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 2010.

Other Grade 1 races during the Punchestown Festival include:

World Series Hurdle | Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup

Previous Ryanair Novice Chase Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Trainer
2001	Alcapone	7	Mouse Morris
2002	Moscow Flyer	8	Jessica Harrington
2003	Le Roi Miguel	5	Paul Nicholls
2004	Say Again	8	Paul Nolan
2005	War Of Attrition	6	Mouse Morris
2006	Accordion Etoile	7	Paul Nolan
2007	Another Promise	8	Ferdy Murphy
2008	Big Zeb	7	Colm Murphy
2009	Barker	8	Willie Mullins
2010	Captain Cee Bee	9	Eddie Harty
2011	Captain Chris	7	Philip Hobbs
2012	Lucky William	8	Thomas Cooper

2012 Ryanair Novice Chase Result

Result	Punchestown - 27th April 2012	Age	Jockey	Trainer
1st	Lucky William 4/1	8	B Geraghty	T Cooper
2nd	Blackstairmountain 8/1	7	R Walsh	W Mullins
3rd	First Lieutenant 9/4F	7	D Russell	MF Morris

Ryanair Novice Chase 2013 Odds

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Punchestown Champion Hurdle

The Punchestown Champion Hurdle is another of the features at Punchestown Festival and there are sure to be several leading contenders from the Cheltenham version of the race in attendance.

Hardy Eustace won both of the races in 2004, while Hurricane Fly followed up a win the Punchestown version with Cheltenham glory in 2011.

It highlights the high standard that often turn out for this race and there is sure to be plenty of interest in the betting, with punters looking to see if a horse can repeat Hardy Eustace's double glory.....

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