Punchestown Champion Hurdle

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Punchestown Champion Hurdle - Wikipedia

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Punchestown Champion Hurdle
Race information
Grade 1 race
Location	Punchestown County Kildare, Ireland
Race type	Hurdle race
Sponsor	Boodles
Website	Punchestown
Distance	2 miles (3,219 metres)
Surface	Turf
Track	Right-handed
Qualification	Four-years-old and up
Weight	11 st 4 lb (4yo); 12 st 0 lb (5yo+) Allowances 7 lb for fillies and mares
Purse	€250,000 (2021) 1st: €147,500

Punchestown Champion Hurdle
2024

State Man	Irish Point	Colonel Mustard

Previous years
2023

State Man	Vauban	Colonel Mustard
2022

Honeysuckle	Echoes In Rain	Darasso
2021

Honeysuckle	Sharjah	Epatante

2020-2011
2019

Buveur D'Air	Supasundae	Wicklow Brave
2018

Supasundae	Wicklow Brave	Bleu Berry
2017

Wicklow Brave	My Tent Or Yours	Arctic Fire
2016

Vroum Vroum Mag	Identity Thief	My Tent Or Yours
2015

Faugheen	Arctic Fire	Dell' Arca
2014

Jezki	Hurricane Fly	Steps To Freedom
2013

Hurricane Fly	Thousand Stars	Rock On Ruby
2012

Hurricane Fly	Zaidpour	Thousand Stars
2011

Hurricane Fly	Thousand Stars	Binocular
2010

Hurricane Fly	Solwhit	Thousand Stars

2010-2003
2009

Solwhit	Punjabi	Quevega
2008

Punjabi	Sublimity	Ebaziyan
2007

Silent Oscar	Macs Joy	Hardy Eustace
2006

Macs Joy	Brave Inca	Hardy Eustace
2005

Brave Inca	Harchibald	Macs Joy
2004

Hardy Eustace	Rooster Booster	Fota Island
2003

Quazar	Back In Front	In The Forge

The Punchestown Champion 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 (3,219 metres), and during its running there are nine hurdles to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year during the Punchestown Festival in late April or early May.

The present version of the race was introduced in 1999, and it was initially sponsored by Shell. Several different sponsors have followed, including Emo Oil, ACCBank, Rabobank, Racing Post, Betdaq and Paddy Power. Its current sponsor, Boodles, began supporting the race in 2024.

The field usually includes horses which ran previously in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham, and the last to win both events in the same year was State Man in 2024. For a period the race was restricted to horses aged five or older, but the minimum age was lowered to four in 2009.

Records

Most successful horse since 1999 (4 wins):

Hurricane Fly - 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Leading jockey since 1999 (6 wins):

Ruby Walsh - Davenport Milenium (2002), Hurricane Fly (2011, 2012, 2013), Faugheen (2015), Vroum Vroum Mag (2016)

Leading trainer since 1999 (10 wins):

Willie Mullins – Davenport Milenium (2002), Hurricane Fly (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013), Faugheen (2015), Vroum Vroum Mag (2016), Wicklow Brave (2017), State Man (2023, 2024)

Winners since 1999

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer
1999	Istabraq	7	Charlie Swan	Aidan O'Brien
2000	Grimes	7	Charlie Swan	Christy Roche
2001	Moscow Flyer ^[a]	7	Barry Geraghty	Jessica Harrington
2002	Davenport Milenium	6	Ruby Walsh	Willie Mullins
2003	Quazar	5	Tony Dobbin	Jonjo O'Neill
2004	Hardy Eustace	7	Conor O'Dwyer	Dessie Hughes
2005	Brave Inca	7	Tony McCoy	Colm Murphy
2006	Macs Joy	7	Barry Geraghty	Jessica Harrington
2007	Silent Oscar	8	Robbie Power	Harry Rogers
2008	Punjabi	5	Barry Geraghty	Nicky Henderson
2009	Solwhit	5	Davy Russell	Charles Byrnes
2010	Hurricane Fly	6	Paul Townend	Willie Mullins
2011	Hurricane Fly	7	Ruby Walsh	Willie Mullins
2012	Hurricane Fly	8	Ruby Walsh	Willie Mullins
2013	Hurricane Fly	9	Ruby Walsh	Willie Mullins
2014	Jezki	6	Tony McCoy	Jessica Harrington
2015	Faugheen	7	Ruby Walsh	Willie Mullins
2016	Vroum Vroum Mag	7	Ruby Walsh	Willie Mullins
2017	Wicklow Brave	8	Patrick Mullins^[b]	Willie Mullins
2018	Supasundae	8	Robbie Power	Jessica Harrington
2019	Buveur d'Air	8	Davy Russell	Nicky Henderson
	no race 2020 ^[c]
2021	Honeysuckle	7	Rachael Blackmore	Henry de Bromhead
2022	Honeysuckle	8	Rachael Blackmore	Henry de Bromhead
2023	State Man	6	Paul Townend	Willie Mullins
2024	State Man	7	Paul Townend	Willie Mullins

^ The 2001 running took place at Leopardstown
^ amateur rider
^ The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland

References

Racing Post:
- 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

pedigreequery.com – ACCBank Champion Hurdle – Punchestown.
racenewsonline.co.uk – Racenews Archive (April 25, 2003).

Punchestown Festival

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Records

Winners since 1999

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