Punchestown Racecourse
is located in the parish of Eadestown, near Naas, County Kildare, in the Province of Leinster, Republic of Ireland. It is home of the National Hunt Festival of Ireland. The Festival is usually held towards the end of April and traditionally marks the end of the National Hunt season in Ireland. In 2008, the Festival will be extended from four days to five days with significant increases in prize-money.
Punchestown is also the home of Ireland's best known International Three Day Event. Run under the title of "Punchestown International Three Day Event and Horse Show," the annual event incorporates a CCI*** Three Day Event, National Showjumping and Showing as well as a Young Event Horse Class. Punchestown hosted the European Eventing Championships in 1991 and 2003. The 2008 event was cancelled at an early stage due to problems with the ground.
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History
Punchestown Races were reorganised and reconstituted as 'Kildare and National Hunt Steeplechases' in
1861. The first day of the
1868 meeting attracted an estimated 150,000 spectators.
Music festivals
As well as
horse racing, Punchestown is a noted venue for its music festivals
Creamfields,
Witnness and the current favourite
Oxegen.
Bon Jovi
played there on Saturday
June 7 2008.
Scouting Jamboree 2008
Punchestown will be the site of
Jamboree 2008
,
Scouting Ireland's first national
Scout Jamboree from August 2-10 2008.