Alanna Homes Champion Novice Hurdle
| Class | Grade 1 |
|---|---|
| Location | Punchestown County Kildare, Ireland |
| 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 |
| 2025 | ||
| EMERALD GREEN, red cross sashes, emerald green and beige striped sleeves, emerald green cap, red star | Emerald green and orange hooped, white cap | Royal blue, yellow star, yellow sleeves, royal blue armlets, royal blue cap, yellow star |
| Final Demand | Lovely Hurling | Tripoli Flyer |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ||
| Dark blue and white diamonds, white sleeves, red cap | Orange, black star , black and orange hooped sleeves, orange cap, black star | Maroon, white star and armlet, maroon cap, white star |
| Ballyburn | Jetara | Predators Gold |
| 2023 | ||
| Emerald green, dark green sleeves, dark green cap, emerald green spots | Purple, white seams, striped sleeves, purple cap | Royal blue and emerald green diamonds, emerald green sleeves, striped cap |
| Impaire Et Passe | High Definition | Champ Kiely |
| 2022 | ||
| Yellow and black check, yellow sleeves, black star on cap | Red and white check, white stars on sleeves, quartered cap | White and emerald green hoops, yellow and white halved sleeves, yellow cap |
| State Man | Flame Bearer | Three Stripe Life |
| 2021 | ||
| Yellow and black check, yellow sleeves, black star on cap | Emerald green, black stars | Pink, light green spots, pink sleeves and cap |
| Gaillard Du Mesnil | Ashdale Bob | N'golo |
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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 | edit source]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 (14 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), Final Demand (2025)
Winners since 1995
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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 | edit source]References
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- pedigreequery.com – Dunboyne Castle Champion Novice Hurdle – Punchestown.
- pedigreequery.com – Land Rover Champion Novice Hurdle – Punchestown.
- racenewsonline.co.uk – Racenews Archive (April 25, 2003).