6.05 3m. 213yds. 5 Declared. Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup 5-y-o plus
1st - €180,000.00 2nd - €60,000.00 3rd - €30,000.00 4th - €15,000.00
FormscanBy Tom Weekes - Gold Cup-heroes GAELIC WARRIOR and Inotherwayurthinkin, along with high-profile Cheltenham-withdrawal Fact To File, intriguingly meet again. Gaelic Warrior scored brilliantly at Cheltenham and is at the peak of his powers and while twice beaten by Fact To File, both those races were at Leopardstown, where the selection hasn’t ever shown his best. Admittedly Fact To File is fresher having been withdrawn from Cheltenham’s Ryanair Chase due to ground conditions but Gaelic Warrior has an excellent course record here. Inotherwayurthinkin has been beaten by the aforementioned pair on five previous occasions each, but admittedly reserves his best for Cheltenham festivals. Nonetheless, he has 10 lengths to find with the selection on last month’s enigmatic Cheltenham run.