Native Upmanship Novice Chase
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| 2025 | ||
| Emerald green and orange hooped, white cap | Red, pink hoop, pink armlet, red cap | Maroon, pink sleeves, white cap |
| Common Practice | High Class Hero | Drumgill |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ||
| Pink, light green spots, pink sleeves and cap | White and red check, white sleeves, red spots on cap | Maroon, pink sleeves, white cap |
| Mister Policeman | Thecompanysergeant | Lucid Dreams |
| 2023 | ||
| Red and white check, white stars on sleeves, quartered cap | Royal blue, dark green sleeves, dark green cap, royal blue star | Pink, black panel, pink cap |
| Flame Bearer | Upping The Anti | Sole Pretender |
| 2022 | ||
| Pink and white halved, black sleeves, black cap, pink star | Emerald green and orange hooped, white cap | Maroon, dark blue and maroon striped sleeves, dark blue cap, maroon star |
| French Dynamite | Ciel De Neige | The Little Yank |
| 2021 | ||
| Red, white seams, black sleeves, white cap | Emerald green,orange star,emGreen sleeves,orange stars,green cap,orange stars | Pink and white halved, black sleeves, black cap, pink star |
| I'm A Game Changer | Whatsnotoknow | Zarkareva |
The Native Upmanship Novice Chase is a Grade 3 National Hunt novice chase in Ireland which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Thurles Racecourse over a distance of about 2 miles and 2 furlongs (3,621 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in March.
The race was first run in 2017 as the Pierce Molony Memorial Novice Chase in honour of the former manager and owner of Thurles Racecourse.[1]
It was awarded Grade 3 status in 2020.[2]
Records
[edit | edit source]Leading jockey : (2 wins)
- Darragh O'Keeffe - I'm A Game Changer (2021), French Dynamite (2022)
- Paul Townend - Flame Bearer (2023), Mister Policeman (2024)
Leading trainer: (3 wins)
- Willie Mullins - Great Field (2017), Flame Bearer (2023), Mister Policeman (2024)
Winners
[edit | edit source]| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
| 2017 | Great Field | 6 | Jody McGarvey | Willie Mullins |
| 2018 | Castlegrace Paddy | 7 | Andrew Lynch | Pat Fahy |
| 2019 | Cubomania | 6 | Davy Russell | Gordon Elliott |
| 2020 | Zero Ten | 7 | David Mullins | Emmet Mullins |
| 2021 | I'm A Game Changer | 9 | Darragh O'Keefe | Andrew McNamara |
| 2022 | French Dynamite | 9 | Darragh O'Keefe | Mouse Morris |
| 2023 | Flame Bearer | 8 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2024 | Mister Policeman | 6 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2025 | Common Practice | 6 | Simon Torrens | Joseph O'Brien |