Grade 1 race | |
Location | Punchestown County Kildare, Ireland |
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Race type | Hurdle race |
Sponsor | Alanna Homes |
Website | Punchestown |
Race information | |
Distance | 2m 4f (4,023 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Four-years-old and up |
Weight | 11 st 1 lb (4yo); 11 st 12 lb (5yo+) Allowances 7 lb for fillies and mares |
Purse | €100,000 (2021) 1st: €59,000 |
2024 | ||
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Ballyburn | Jetara | Predators Gold |
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2023 | ||
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Impaire Et Passe | High Definition | Champ Kiely |
2022 | ||
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State Man | Flame Bearer | Three Stripe Life |
2021 | ||
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Gaillard Du Mesnil | Ashdale Bob | N'golo |
The Alanna Homes Champion Novice Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Ireland which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Punchestown over a distance of about 2 miles and 4 furlongs (4,023 metres), and during its running there are twelve hurdles to be jumped. The race is for novice hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Punchestown Festival in late April or early May.
Previous sponsors of the race have included Menolly Homes, Dunboyne Castle Hotel and Land Rover. Swordlestown Stud, sponsored the race from 2010 to 2012 and it was named in memory of the stud's former owner Cathal Ryan.[1] Tattersalls Ireland sponsored the race from 2013 to 2017 while Profile Systems were the 2018 sponsors. The current sponsor, Alanna Homes, began sponsoring the race in 2019.
The field usually includes horses which ran previously in the Gallagher Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham, and the last to win both races was Ballyburn in 2024.
Records
[edit]Leading jockey since 1995 (8 wins):
- Ruby Walsh – Davenport Milenium (2002), Nobody Told Me (2003), Sadlers Wings (2004), Nicanor (2006), Glencove Marina (2007), Mikael d'Haguenet (2009), Vautour (2014), Nichols Canyon (2015)
Leading trainer since 1995 (13 wins):
- Willie Mullins – Davenport Milenium (2002), Nobody Told Me (2003), Sadlers Wings (2004), Glencove Marina (2007), Mikael d'Haguenet (2009), Un Atout (2013), Vautour (2014), Nichols Canyon (2015), Bacardys (2017), Gaillard Du Mesnil (2021), State Man (2022), Impaire Et Passe (2023), Ballyburn (2024)
Winners since 1995
[edit]- ^ The 2001 running took place at Fairyhouse
- ^ amateur jockey
- ^ The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Cathal Ryan Memorial Novice Hurdle". punchestown.com. March 25, 2010. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
- pedigreequery.com – Dunboyne Castle Champion Novice Hurdle – Punchestown.
- pedigreequery.com – Land Rover Champion Novice Hurdle – Punchestown.
- racenewsonline.co.uk – Racenews Archive (April 25, 2003).