Alanna Homes Champion Novice Hurdle Explained

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.

Records

Leading jockey since 1995 (8 wins):

Leading trainer since 1995 (13 wins):

Winners since 1995

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Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
1995Treble Bob5Richard DunwoodyDermot Weld
1996Castlekellyleader7Tommy TreacyPaddy Mullins
1997Istabraq5Charlie SwanAidan O'Brien
1998Ballygowan Beauty6Conor O'DwyerMichael Hourigan
1999Native Upmanship6Tommy TreacyArthur Moore
2000What's Up Boys6Richard JohnsonPhilip Hobbs
20016Kieran KellyDessie Hughes
2002hide=y|Milenium}}6Ruby WalshWillie Mullins
2003Nobody Told Me5Ruby WalshWillie Mullins
2004Sadlers Wings6Ruby WalshWillie Mullins
2005Asian Maze6Paul CarberryTom Mullins
2006Nicanor5Ruby WalshNoel Meade
2007Glencove Marina5Ruby WalshWillie Mullins
2008Tranquil Sea6Andrew McNamaraEdward O'Grady
2009Mikael d'Haguenet5Ruby WalshWillie Mullins
2010Reve de Sivola5Daryl JacobNick Williams
2011Spirit of Adjisa7Richard JohnsonTim Vaughan
2012Dedigout6Davy RussellTony Martin
2013Un Atout5Davy RussellWillie Mullins
2014Vautour5Ruby WalshWillie Mullins
2015Nichols Canyon5Ruby WalshWillie Mullins
2016Jer's Girl4Barry GeraghtyGavin Cromwell
2017Bacardys6Patrick MullinsWillie Mullins
2018Dortmund Park5Jack KennedyGordon Elliott
2019Reserve Tank5Robbie PowerColin Tizzard
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2021Gaillard Du Mesnil5Paul TownendWillie Mullins
2022State Man 5Paul TownendWillie Mullins
2023Impaire Et Passe5Paul TownendWillie Mullins
2024Ballyburn6Paul TownendWillie Mullins

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cathal Ryan Memorial Novice Hurdle . punchestown.com . 25 March 2010 . 2010-04-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715132058/http://www.punchestown.com/news.asp?n=39 . 15 July 2011 . dead . mdy-all .