Class: | Grade 1 |
Horse Race: | Alanna Homes Champion Novice Hurdle |
Location: | Punchestown County Kildare, Ireland |
Race Type: | Hurdle race |
Sponsor: | Alanna Homes |
Website: | Punchestown |
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 |
|}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.
Leading jockey since 1995 (8 wins):
Leading trainer since 1995 (13 wins):
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Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | ||
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1995 | Treble Bob | 5 | Richard Dunwoody | Dermot Weld | ||
1996 | Castlekellyleader | 7 | Tommy Treacy | Paddy Mullins | ||
1997 | Istabraq | 5 | Charlie Swan | Aidan O'Brien | ||
1998 | Ballygowan Beauty | 6 | Conor O'Dwyer | Michael Hourigan | ||
1999 | Native Upmanship | 6 | Tommy Treacy | Arthur Moore | ||
2000 | What's Up Boys | 6 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs | ||
2001 | 6 | Kieran Kelly | Dessie Hughes | |||
2002 | hide=y|Milenium}} | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | ||
2003 | Nobody Told Me | 5 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | ||
2004 | Sadlers Wings | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | ||
2005 | Asian Maze | 6 | Paul Carberry | Tom Mullins | ||
2006 | Nicanor | 5 | Ruby Walsh | Noel Meade | ||
2007 | Glencove Marina | 5 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | ||
2008 | Tranquil Sea | 6 | Andrew McNamara | Edward O'Grady | ||
2009 | Mikael d'Haguenet | 5 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | ||
2010 | Reve de Sivola | 5 | Daryl Jacob | Nick Williams | ||
2011 | Spirit of Adjisa | 7 | Richard Johnson | Tim Vaughan | ||
2012 | Dedigout | 6 | Davy Russell | Tony Martin | ||
2013 | Un Atout | 5 | Davy Russell | Willie Mullins | ||
2014 | Vautour | 5 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | ||
2015 | Nichols Canyon | 5 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | ||
2016 | Jer's Girl | 4 | Barry Geraghty | Gavin Cromwell | ||
2017 | Bacardys | 6 | Patrick Mullins | Willie Mullins | ||
2018 | Dortmund Park | 5 | Jack Kennedy | Gordon Elliott | ||
2019 | Reserve Tank | 5 | Robbie Power | Colin Tizzard | ||
data-sort-value="2020" | no race 2020 | |||||
2021 | Gaillard Du Mesnil | 5 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins | ||
2022 | State Man | 5 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins | ||
2023 | Impaire Et Passe | 5 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins | ||
2024 | Ballyburn | 6 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
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