Who To Follow On Day Two At Punchestown - 27/04/22

Willie Mullins has talent in abundance on show this Wednesday at Punchestown which gives him the potential to land nearly every race across the afternoon.

In the opening event he fields Dads Lad and then in the second has a huge chance with Gelengouly who is looking for a hat-trick of wins.

He gives three runners the green light in the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel Hurdle with Ganapathi, Gibraltar and Classic Getaway fairly useful horses.

In the first Grade One event of the afternoon he will be disappointed to not go go close with the Albert Bartlett 1-2 leading the market and Bronn and Ramilies also entered.

Mullins has a strong hand as ever in the Punchestown Gold Cup with Allaho leading the market, along with Al Boum Photo, Tornado Flyer, Janidil and Kemboy in the mix.

The master trainer has been superb with his bumper horses this term as ever and in the Grade One Punchestown Champion Bumper he fields Facile Vega, Redemption Day, Seabank Bistro, Viva Devito and Madmansgame.

Other nice shouts on the afternoon for the Closutton handler include Ciel De Neige, Egality Mans, Royal Rendevous, Annamix, Eabha Grace, Nikini, Pink In The Park and True Light.

What an arsenal that man has.

Davy Russell has a few nice rides on Wednesday at Punchestown and although it looks as though Paul Townend and Willie Mullins could have a special day, Russell won't be far away.

In the second race of the day he has a big chance to reverse the form with Glengouly now getting weight off the gelding having narrowly gone down to him last time out.

In the Irish Mirror Novice Hurdle he gets the leg up on Hollow Games who needs to be better than his recent form but should enjoy this drying ground.

He sits on Galvin in the Punchestown Gold Cup with the eight year old looking to get back to the form of his Savills Chase win and having a pace to aim at in this might play to his strengths.