Champion INH Flat Race
Grade 1 race | |
Location | Punchestown Co. Kildare, Ireland |
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Race type | National Hunt flat race |
Sponsor | Irish Thoroughbred Marketing |
Website | Punchestown |
Race information | |
Distance | 2m ½f (3,219 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Four to seven years old geldings and mares |
Weight | 11 st 6 lb (4yo); 12 st 2 lb (5–7yo) Allowances 7 lb for mares |
Purse | €100,000 (2021) 1st: €59,000 |
2021 | ||
Kilcruit | O'toole | Sir Gerhard |
Previous years | ||
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2019 | ||
Colreevy | Abacadabras | Beacon Edge |
2018 | ||
Tornado Flyer | Blackbow | Carefully Selected |
2017 | ||
Fayonagh | Paloma Blue | Poli Roi |
2016 | ||
Blow By Blow | Moon Racer | Bacardys |
2015 | ||
Bellshill | Disko | Modus |
2014 | ||
Shaneshill | Silver Concorde | Value At Risk |
2013 | ||
The Liquidator | Gilt Shadow | Apache Stronghold |
2012 | ||
Champagne Fever | Melodic Rendezvous | Mozoltov |
2011 | ||
Lovethehigherlaw | Waaheb | Jenari |
2010 | ||
Hidden Universe | Oilily | Tornedo Shay |
2009 | ||
Dunguib | Sweeps Hill | Luska Lad |
2008 | ||
Cousin Vinny | Endless Intrigue | Academy Sir Harry |
2007 | ||
Mick The Man | Woodbine Willie | Shirley Casper |
2006 | ||
Leading Run | Hairy Molly | Lord Over |
2005 | ||
Refinement | The Cool Guy | Nicanor |
2004 | ||
Geill Sli | Blazing Liss | Augherskea |
2003 | ||
Royal Rosa | Royal Alphabet | Kildare |
The Champion INH Flat Race is a Grade 1 National Hunt flat race in Ireland for amateur riders which is open to horses aged four to seven years. It is run at Punchestown over a distance of about 2 miles and ½ furlong (2 miles and 70 yards, or 3,283 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Punchestown Festival in late April or early May.
The event was sponsored by the bookmaker Paddy Power from 1999 to 2011, by betchronicle.com in 2012, Betdaq in 2013, attheraces from 2014 to 2016 and the Racing Post from 2017 to 2019. The current sponsor is Irish Thoroughbred Marketing. It was formerly open to horses aged four or older, but an upper age limit of seven was introduced in 2007.
The field usually includes horses which ran previously in the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham, and both races were won by Cousin Vinny in 2008. The feat was repeated the following year by Dunguib, but he was later disqualified from the Irish version after testing positive for a banned substance. The only other horse to win both races was Fayonagh in 2017.
Records[]
Leading jockey since 1992 (3 wins):
- Patrick Mullins - Cousin Vinny (2008), Lovethehigherlaw (2011), Bellshill (2015)
- Jamie Codd - Shaneshill (2014), Fayonagh (2017), Colreevy (2019)
Leading trainer since 1992 (10 wins):
- Willie Mullins - Maringo (1995), Cousin Vinny (2008), Lovethehigherlaw (2011), Champagne Fever (2012), Shaneshill (2014), Bellshill (2015), Blow By Blow (2016), Tornado Flyer (2018), Colreevy (2019), Kilcruit (2021)
Winners since 1992[]
- All amateur jockeys.
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
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1992 | 4 | Noel Meade | ||
1993 | 5 | |||
1994 | 5 | Pat Flynn | ||
1995 | 6 | Willie Mullins | ||
1996 | 6 | Paddy Mullins | ||
1997 | 5 | Robert Thornton | David Nicholson | |
1998 | 5 | Gordon Elliott | Nigel Twiston-Davies | |
1999 | 8 | |||
2000 | 5 | |||
2001 | Like-A-Butterfly [a] | 7 | J. T. McNamara | Christy Roche |
2002 | 5 | |||
2003 | 4 | Nicky Henderson | ||
2004 | 6 | Noel Meade | ||
2005 | 6 | Jonjo O'Neill | ||
2006 | 7 | Nina Carberry | Noel Meade | |
2007 | 6 | Nina Carberry | Noel Meade | |
2008 | 5 | Patrick Mullins | Willie Mullins | |
2009 | [b] | 5 | ||
2010 | 4 | Dermot Weld | ||
2011 | 5 | Patrick Mullins | Willie Mullins | |
2012 | Champagne Fever | 5 | Patrick Mullins | Willie Mullins |
2013 | 5 | David Pipe | ||
2014 | 5 | Jamie Codd | Willie Mullins | |
2015 | 5 | Patrick Mullins | Willie Mullins | |
2016 | Blow By Blow | 5 | Katie Walsh | Willie Mullins |
2017 | Fayonagh | 6 | Jamie Codd | Gordon Elliott |
2018 | Tornado Flyer | 5 | Richie Deegan | Willie Mullins |
2019 | Colreevy | 6 | Jamie Codd | Willie Mullins |
no race 2020 [c] | ||||
2021 | Kilcruit | 6 | Derek O'Connor | Willie Mullins |
- ^ The 2001 running took place at Leopardstown
- ^ Dunguib finished first in 2009, but he was subsequently disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance
- ^ The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
See also[]
References[]
- pedigreequery.com – Champion INH Flat Race – Punchestown.
- racenewsonline.co.uk – Racenews Archive (April 25, 2003).
- National Hunt races in Ireland
- National Hunt flat races
- Punchestown Racecourse