Best Bet

15:45 Punchestown Tips — Saturday 2nd May 2026

15:45PunchestownGoing: GoodChase

Our Selection

Your Darling

11yo •

Good

79/100 confidence

Form

15/15

Rating

10/10

Market

8/10

Trends

8/15

Why This Horse

Won last time out
Consistent — placed 4 of last 5 runs

Each-Way Alternative: Montregard

15:45 Punchestown — Race Preview & Tips

We're tipping Your Darling in the 15:45 at Punchestown — a Chase race with 23 runners on Good going.

A look at the form — 1/4231- — reveals winning form that is hard to ignore.

Ben Pauling has been in fine form and teams up with Ben Jones, a combination that demands respect.

These conditions — Good ground over — look tailor-made for the selection.

Key angle: Won last time out.

An official mark of 144 looks workable in this grade.

For each-way purposes, Montregard merits consideration as a place alternative.

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Full Racecard — 23 Runners

Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Draw	OR	Odds
Montregard 3PP/11P21-	Jonathan Burke	Tom Lacey 15% win rate	—	134	5/1
Beckett Rock 26/005425-	D. J. O'Keeffe	Henry de Bromhead 15% win rate	—	130	7/1
Uhavemeinstitches 1P/1233U1-	M. P. Walsh	J. D. Motherway 0% win rate	—	132	9/1
Argento Boy 07/5F1184-	S. F. O'Keeffe	W. P. Mullins 20% win rate	—	143	12/1
Kish Bank 21/0431P2-	Sam Ewing	Gordon Elliott 15% win rate	—	128	14/1
Iceberg Theory 636P2/115-	C. Stone-Walsh	Paul Nolan 13% win rate	—	129	14/1
As The Fella Says 24F/23412-	Paul O'Brien	Nicky Henderson 21% win rate	—	126	16/1
Invictus Machin 862/U922-4	Harry Cobden	Gavin Patrick Cromwell 17% win rate	—	130	16/1
Captain Cody 3U1/37F5U-	D. E. Mullins	W. P. Mullins 20% win rate	—	149	16/1
High Class Hero 2123/2PP5-	S. Cleary-Farrell	W. P. Mullins 20% win rate	—	150	20/1
Goraibhmaithagat 9/5883129-	S. D. Torrens	Colm A. Murphy 0% win rate	—	137	20/1
The Doyen Chief 11/2P5129-	Tom Bellamy	Alan King 18% win rate	—	141	25/1
No Time To Wait 39/22U04P-	M. J. Kenneally	John McConnell 13% win rate	—	124	25/1
Dartmoor Pirate 6250/511U-	Sean Flanagan	Anthony Honeyball 15% win rate	—	131	25/1
Perceval Legallois 411F/P4U-P	Keith Donoghue	Gavin Patrick Cromwell 17% win rate	—	148	25/1
Barry Lyndon 661P/1563-	J. J. Slevin	Dermot Anthony McLoughlin 13% win rate	—	132	25/1
Kinturk Kalanisi 322UP/307-	James Smith	T. Gibney 0% win rate	—	135	33/1
Your DarlingOUR TIP 1/4231-	Ben Jones	Ben Pauling 18% win rate	—	144	33/1
Joystick P27/4617P-	B. Hayes	W. P. Mullins 20% win rate	—	142	40/1
Lucky Lyreen 05/905105-	J. H. Williamson	Gordon Elliott 15% win rate	—	125	40/1
Beachcomber 6/3PP5352-	Richie McLernon	Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill 14% win rate	—	126	40/1
Bill Baxter U4/12652P-	Harry Bannister	Warren Greatrex 14% win rate	—	135	50/1
Clonmeen 6/48P6941-	D. King	W. P. Murphy 0% win rate	—	112	100/1

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