The final day of the Punchestown Festival on Saturday will see the curtain coming down on the National Hunt season in Ireland on May 4.

Teahupoo became the first horse this century to win the Stayers Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and follow it up at the Punchestown Festival.

The feature race on day three at the Punchestown Festival sees a host of familiar faces line up for a tilt at landing the biggest prize on Thursday’s card, the Champion Stayers’ Hurdle.

The Punchestown Festival speeds beyond the halfway mark on Thursday afternoon with day three set to be headlined by the Champion Stayers Hurdle as Teahupoo goes after a Cheltenham/Punchestown double.

Our resident trends analyst Andrew of Fiosrach has done it again, crowning a stellar Aintree Festival by tipping two 40/1 outsiders, both of whom made the each-way frame in the Grand National.