Champion Four Year Old Hurdle
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The Champion Four Year Old Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Ireland which is open to horses aged four years. 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 for novice hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Punchestown Festival in late April or early May. The race is currently sponsored by the Ballymore Group
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Grade 1 race | |
Location | Punchestown County Kildare, Ireland |
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Race type | Hurdle race |
Sponsor | Ballymore Group |
Website | Punchestown |
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Distance | 2 miles (3,219 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Right-handed |
Qualification | Four-year-olds |
Weight | 11 st 2 lb Allowances 7 lb for fillies |
Purse | €100,000 (2021) 1st: €59,000 |
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2024 | ||
Kargese | Bottler'secret | Nurburgring |
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2023 | ||
Lossiemouth | Zarak The Brave | Gala Marceau |
2022 | ||
Vauban | Fil Dor | Hms Seahorse |
2021 | ||
Jeff Kidder | Zanahiyr | Haut En Couleurs |
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The field usually includes horses which ran previously in the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham, and the last to win both events was Lossiemouth in 2023.