Punchestown festival tips: Thursday's best bets from two Racing Post experts

Day three of the Punchestown festival is here – but who do two of our top tipsters fancy most?

Klassical Dream

By Kevin Morley

Race: Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle (5.25)

Odds: 13-8

Horses who ran in the Stayers' Hurdle at Cheltenham don't have a good record in this, but Klassical Dream fits all the other trends and is taken to make it back-to-back wins in the race.

Minx Tiara

By Mark Boylan

Race: Close Brothers Irish EBF Mares' Handicap Chase (7.10)

Odds: 4-1

David O'Brien has done a tremendous job with this €1,000 bargain buy and looks to have found the perfect target against her own sex to register a sixth career win.

She rattles off decent ground and arrives here in top form after a clearcut Limerick win last month.

The 8lb rise she earned for that success puts her only 1lb higher than her hurdles mark.

Thursday's Punchestown previews:

4.15 Punchestown: 'He seems in great form' – Grange Walk out for quick redemption for John Ryan

4.50 Punchestown: Williams out to end best-ever season on a high with stable star Potters Corner

5.25 Punchestown: 'I hope he can behave himself, he has the ability' – Townend on Klassical Dream

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