Fame and glory for France at the Punchestown festival

French-breds dominated the elite action at the end of season extravaganza

Offspring of the late 2009 Irish Derby winner Fame And Glory starred at PunchestownCredit: Edward Whitaker

The 2022 Punchestown festival brought the curtain down on the National Hunt season, and Aisling Crowe looks at some of the main talking points to have emerged from the meeting.

More Fame And Glory still to come for late sire

Yeats engaged in a ding-dong battle for the National Hunt champion sire crown for the season just gone with his late Coolmore compatriot Fame And Glory, who, like Yeats, was a Gold Cup and Coronation Cup winner for Ballydoyle during his racing career.

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Aisling CroweBloodstock journalist

Published on 1 May 2022inNews

Last updated 15:44, 2 May 2022

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