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Punchestown Racecourse together with BetVictor are delighted to announce an exciting E50,000 BetVictor Graduation Bonus Series for the upcoming season at the home of Irish jump racing.
Focusing on the maiden hurdle and bumper ranks, there will be 11 qualifying races throughout the season and the first horse that has won a qualifying race and goes on to win a 2025 Punchestown Festival Grade 1 will scoop the €50,000 BetVictor bonus.
The BetVictor Graduation Bonus Series will get underway with the opening BetVictor Maiden Hurdle and the concluding BetVictor Flat Race on Wednesday's card at Punchestown.
Previous graduates from this Punchestown fixture include 2023 Supreme Hurdle winner Marine Nationale and multiple Grade 1 winner Samcro.
Sam Boswell of BetVictor said: "We are delighted to support the BetVictor Graduation Bonus Series to go alongside our continued sponsorship of Irish racing. We hope to see as many horses as possible take up the challenge to land the lucrative prize.
"We feel this series adds further interest to the qualifying races prior to the Punchestown Festival in the spring. Everyone at BetVictor loves Punchestown and we look forward to this renewed partnership with such a historic track and we have plenty more exciting activations planned across the jumps season for our Irish customers."
Punchestown Marketing Manager, Leona Hughes, added: "The E50,000 BetVictor Graduation Bonus Series is exactly the kind of exciting initiative that we love to see at Punchestown. Future champions emerge throughout the season here and with a E50,000 bonus on the table it is a great incentive to encourage even more thrilling festival performances. We want to extend our thanks to Sam Bowell and the BetVictor team for their wonderful support of our season."
THE BETVICTOR GRADUATION BONUS SERIES QUALIFIERS
October 16
2m 5yo Maiden Hurdle
2m Bumper
15 November
2m 3yo Maiden Hurdle
2m4f Maiden Hurdle
24 November
2m1f Bumper
13 January
2m 4yo Maiden Hurdle
3m100y 4yo Maiden Hurdle
27 January
2m4f 5yo Mares Maiden Hurdle
19 February
2m 148 yds 5yo Maiden Hurdle
2m5f Mares Maiden Hurdle
