Paddy's Reward Club Chase Explained

|}The Paddy's Reward Club Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Ireland. It is run at Leopardstown Racecourse in December, over a distance of about 2 miles and 1 furlong (3,420 metres) and during the race there are 11 fences to be jumped. The race was first run in 1998 as a Listed race, before being run as a Grade 1 race from 2007 onwards. The race is sponsored by Paddy Power bookmakers and has had various titles promoting Paddy Power products during its history. The 2019 race was run as the Paddy's Rewards Club "Loyalty's Dead, Live For Rewards" Chase.

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

• Big Zeb – 2008, 2010, 20011

Leading jockey (3 wins):

• Ruby Walsh – Papillon (1998, 2000), Douvan (2016)
• Barry Geraghty – Moscow Flyer (2002, 2003), Big Zeb (2010)
• Paul Townend - Golden Silver (2009), Twinlight (2014), Chacun Pour Soi (2020)
• Mark Walsh - Simply Ned (2017,2018), Dinoblue (2023)

Leading trainer (6 wins):

• Willie Mullins - Golden Silver (2009), Twinlight (2014), Douvan (2016), Chacun Pour Soi (2020), Blue Lord (2022), Dinoblue (2023)

Winners

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Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer
1998	Papillon	7	Ruby Walsh	Ted Walsh
1999	Merry Gale	11	Paul Moloney	Jim Dreaper
2000	Papillon	9	Ruby Walsh	Ted Walsh
2001	Knife Edge	6	Tom Rudd	Michael O'Brien
2002	Moscow Flyer	8	Barry Geraghty	Jessica Harrington
2003	Moscow Flyer	9	Barry Geraghty	Jessica Harrington
2004	Central House	7	Paul Carberry	Dessie Hughes
2005	Hi Cloy	8	Andrew McNamara	Michael Hourigan
2006	Nickname	7	Niall Madden	Martin Brassil
2007	Mansony	8	Davy Russell	Arthur Moore
2008	Big Zeb	7	Matt O'Connor	Colm Murphy
2009	Golden Silver	7	Paul Townend	Willie Mullins
2010	Big Zeb	9	Barry Geraghty	Colm Murphy
2011	Big Zeb	10	Robbie Power	Colm Murphy
2012	Sizing Europe	10	Andrew Lynch	Henry de Bromhead
2013	Benefficient	7	Bryan Cooper	Tony Martin
2014	Twinlight	7	Paul Townend	Willie Mullins
2015	Flemenstar	10	Andrew Lynch	Anthony Curran
2016	Douvan	6	Ruby Walsh	Willie Mullins
2017	Simply Ned	10	Mark Walsh	Nicky Richards
2018	Simply Ned	11	Mark Walsh	Nicky Richards
2019	A Plus Tard	5	Rachael Blackmore	Henry de Bromhead
2020	Chacun Pour Soi	8	Paul Townend	Willie Mullins
2021	Envoi Allen	7	Rachael Blackmore	Henry de Bromhead
2022	Blue Lord	7	Daryl Jacob	Willie Mullins
2023	Dinoblue	6	Mark Walsh	Willie Mullins

See also

• Horse racing in Ireland
• List of Irish National Hunt races

References

• Racing Post

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