| Class: | Grade 1 |
| Horse Race: | Punchestown Champion Chase |
| Location: | Punchestown County Kildare, Ireland |
| Race Type: | Steeplechase |
| Sponsor: | William Hill |
| Website: | Punchestown |
| Distance: | 2 miles ½ furlong (3,219 metres) |
| Surface: | Turf |
| Track: | Right-handed |
| Qualification: | Five-years-old and up |
| Weight: | 11 st 12 lb Allowances 7 lb for mares |
| Purse: | €300,000 (2024) 1st: €177,000 |
|}The Punchestown Champion Chase, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the William Hill Champion Chase, is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Ireland which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Punchestown over a distance of about 2 miles and half a furlong (3,219 metres) and during its running there are eleven fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year during the Punchestown Festival in late April.
It was formerly a handicap race, and for much of the 1990s and early 2000s it was usually sponsored by BMW. It became a conditions race in 1999, and it was subsequently backed by Betdaq (2004) and Kerrygold (2005–09) and Boylesports (2010–19). The present sponsor, William Hill, began to support the event in 2021.
The field usually includes horses which ran previously in the Queen Mother Champion Chase, and the last to win both races in the same year was Energumene in 2023.
Most successful horse since 1950 (2 wins):
Leading jockey since 1950 (5 wins):
Leading trainer since 1950 (8 wins):
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| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | width=160px | Paddy Bouler | 7 | width=180px | S. Lynch | width=180px | Pat Rooney |
| 1981 | Light the Wad | 8 | Frank Leavy | Dessie Hughes | |||
| 1982 | Light the Wad | 9 | Tom Morgan | Dessie Hughes | |||
| 1983 | Turloughmore Lad | 8 | Pat Leech | Paddy Norris | |||
| 1984 | Travelowen | 7 | Tom Costello | Tom Costello | |||
| 1985 | Buck House | 7 | Tommy Carmody | Mouse Morris | |||
| 1986 | Another Brownie | 7 | Joe Byrne | M. J. McGrath | |||
| 1987 | Eddie Wee | 11 | Conor O'Dwyer | Billy Rock | |||
| 1988 | Flying Ferret | 7 | Brendan Powell | Tony Redmond | |||
| 1989 | Super Furrow | 9 | Padge Gill | Jerry O'Neill | |||
| 1990 | Rust Never Sleeps | 6 | Gerry O'Neill | Augustine Leahy | |||
| 1991 | Good for a Laugh | 7 | Charlie Swan | Arthur Moore | |||
| 1992 | The Musical Priest | 10 | Jason Titley | Michael Purcell | |||
| 1993 | Viking Flagship | 6 | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson | |||
| 1994 | Saraemma | 8 | Kevin O'Brien | Homer Scott | |||
| 1995 | Strong Platinum | 7 | Conor O'Dwyer | Paddy Burke | |||
| 1996 | Klairon Davis | 7 | Francis Woods | Arthur Moore | |||
| 1997 | Klairon Davis | 8 | Francis Woods | Arthur Moore | |||
| 1998 | Big Matt | 10 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson | |||
| 1999 | Celibate | 8 | Richard Dunwoody | Charlie Mann | |||
| 2000 | Get Real | 9 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson | |||
| 2001 | 9 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | ||||
| 2002 | Strong Run | 9 | Paul Carberry | Noel Meade | |||
| 2003 | Flagship Uberalles | 9 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs | |||
| 2004 | Moscow Flyer | 10 | Barry Geraghty | Jessica Harrington | |||
| 2005 | Rathgar Beau | 9 | Shay Barry | Dusty Sheehy | |||
| 2006 | Newmill | 8 | Andrew McNamara | John Joseph Murphy | |||
| 2007 | Mansony | 8 | Davy Russell | Arthur Moore | |||
| 2008 | Twist Magic | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | |||
| 2009 | Master Minded | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | |||
| 2010 | Golden Silver | 8 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins | |||
| 2011 | Big Zeb | 10 | Barry Geraghty | Colm Murphy | |||
| 2012 | Sizing Europe | 10 | Andrew Lynch | Henry de Bromhead | |||
| 2013 | Sprinter Sacre | 7 | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson | |||
| 2014 | Sizing Europe | 12 | Andrew Lynch | Henry de Bromhead | |||
| 2015 | Felix Yonger | 9 | Danny Mullins | Willie Mullins | |||
| 2016 | God's Own | 8 | Paddy Brennan | Tom George | |||
| 2017 | Fox Norton | 7 | Robbie Power | Colin Tizzard | |||
| 2018 | Un de Sceaux | 10 | Patrick Mullins | Willie Mullins | |||
| 2019 | Un de Sceaux | 11 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins | |||
| data-sort-value="2020" | no race 2020 | ||||||
| 2021 | Chacun Pour Soi | 9 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins | |||
| 2022 | Energumene | 8 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins | |||
| 2023 | Energumene | 9 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins | |||
| 2024 | Banbridge | 8 | J. J. Slevin | Joseph O'Brien |