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06 Sept 2025

PICTURES: Sunshine and shades as thousands attend final day of Punchestown in Kildare

SBK Festival Finale Day is a fitting finale to the jump racing season in Ireland and is packed with celebrations of the season as champions are crowned. 

It's the final day of this year's Punchestown Festival and once again thousands of punters are making their way to the Kildare racecourse amid sunshine and warm weather.

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Amid soaring temperatures all week, punters have flocked to the Kildare racecourse in their thousands with Friday seeing the highest-ever single day attendance of more than 43,000 people.

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SBK Festival Finale Day is a fitting finale to the jump racing season in Ireland and is packed with celebrations of the season as champions are crowned. 

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