Champion Four Year Old Hurdle
Grade 1 race | |
Location | Punchestown Co. Kildare, Ireland |
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Race type | Hurdle race |
Sponsor | Ballymore Group |
Website | Punchestown |
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Distance | 2 miles (3,219 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Four-year-olds |
Weight | 11 st 2 lb Allowances 7 lb for fillies |
Purse | €100,000 (2021) 1st: €59,000 |
2021 | ||
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Jeff Kidder | Zanahiyr | Haut En Couleurs |
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2019 | ||
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Fusil Raffles | Fakir D'Oudairies | French Made |
2018 | ||
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Saldier | Mr Adjudicator | Saglawy |
2017 | ||
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Bapaume | Landofhopeandglory | Meri Devie |
2016 | ||
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Apple's Jade | Let's Dance | Ivanovich Gorbatov |
2015 | ||
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Petite Parisienne | Buiseness Sivola | Thunder Zone |
2014 | ||
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Abbyssial | Plinth | Fox Norton |
2013 | ||
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Diakali | Blood Cotil | Dogora |
2012 | ||
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Hisaabaat | Ut De Sivola | Wingtips |
2011 | ||
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Grandouet | Kumbeshwar | Twinlight |
2010 | ||
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Barizan | Carlito Brigante | Loch Long |
2009 | ||
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Jumbo Rio | Mourad | The Fist Of God |
2008 | ||
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Won In The Dark | Indian Spring | Paco Jack |
2007 | ||
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Punjabi | Financial Reward | Bahrain Storm |
2006 | ||
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Quatre Heures | Artist's Muse | Breathing Fire |
2005 | ||
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United | Strangely Brown | Akilak |
2004 | ||
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Cherub | Made In Japan | Essex |
2003 | ||
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Sporazene | Spectroscope | Golden Cross |
The Champion Four Year Old Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Ireland which is open to horses aged four years. It is run at Punchestown over a distance of about 2 miles (3,219 metres), and during its running there are nine 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. The race is currently sponsored by the Ballymore Group
The field usually includes horses which ran previously in the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham, and the last to win both events was Katarino in 1999.
Records[]
Leading jockey since 1980 (5 wins):
- Ruby Walsh - Holy Orders (2001), Sporazene (2003), Diakali (2013), Abbyssial (2014), Bapaume (2017)
Leading trainer since 1980 (8 wins):
- Willie Mullins - Holy Order (2001), Quatre Heures (2006), Diakali (2013), Abbyssial (2014), Petite Parisienne (2015), Apple's Jade (2016), Bapaume (2017), Saldier (2018)
Winners since 1980[]
- ^ amateur jockey
- ^ The 2001 running took place at Fairyhouse
- ^ The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
See also[]
References[]
- pedigreequery.com – Punchestown Champion Four Year Old Hurdle – Punchestown.
- racenewsonline.co.uk – Racenews Archive (April 25, 2003).
Categories:
- National Hunt races in Ireland
- National Hunt hurdle races
- Punchestown Racecourse