Wednesday horse racing tips: Best bets at Punchestown from Tom Lunn

talkSPORT have you covered with horse racing free bets and also racing tips for Wednesday’s at Punchestown Festival including the Gold Cup and plenty of other top-class races in Ireland.

Tom Lunn has gone through the racecard, form, going, race replays and much more to help guide your horse racing betting choices with a few tips on the day’s action.

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Wednesday horse racing tips

Punchestown

• 3.40: Soir De Garde 6/1 each-way (1pt)
• 4.50: The Mourne Rambler 6/4 (1pt)
• 6.05: Gaelic Warrior 1/1 (1pt)

Soir De Garde

Carries the same weight as some unexposed younger horses which could definitely be to his advantage.

He himself is certainly not exposed having only raced three times over hurdles, two of those came in hurdle contests in Ireland this year, in March and April.

Placed second well behind El Fabiolo at Leopardstown before falling at Cork when going well enough falling at the last obstacle just three lengths behind the leader.

That was very encouraging as he was carrying much more than Ndaawi and Absurde who are rated 22 and 23lb above his own rating.

The Mourne Rambler

This five-year-old comfortably beat many of these reappearing rivals at Cheltenham 49 days ago and looks to build on that for trainer Noel Meade.

The next in the betting is as high as 6/1 in the betting so it shows how much this bumper winner is fancied to progress.

Gaelic Warrior

It takes a special horse to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup and then go and win the Punchestown Gold Cup but I think Gaelic Warrior is that talented.

The eight-year-old came so close in the King George VI Chase at Kempton before placing behind Fact To File.

But there was a strong suspicion from those runs that there was much more to come and he showed that by winning the Gold Cup by eight lengths.

Has a great record here that trumps both Fact To File and Inothewayurthinkin.

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Tom Lunn’s Horse Racing Profit & Loss

• March ’26: +11.31pts
• From October ’25: +38.46pts
• From March ’25: +109.76pts
• From Oct ’23: +419.61pts

All odds correct at time of writing

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