Irish Champion Hurdle
| 2024 | ||
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| State Man | Bob Olinger | Impaire Et Passe |
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| 2023 | ||
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| State Man | Honeysuckle | Vauban |
| 2022 | ||
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| Honeysuckle | Zanahiyr | Echoes In Rain |
| 2021 | ||
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| Honeysuckle | Abacadabras | Sharjah |
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| 2020 | ||
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| Honeysuckle | Darver Star | Petit Mouchoir |
| 2019 | ||
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| Apple's Jade | Supasundae | Petit Mouchoir |
| 2018 | ||
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| Supasundae | Faugheen | Mick Jazz |
| 2017 | ||
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| Petit Mouchoir | Footpad | Ivanovich Gorbatov |
| 2016 | ||
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| Faugheen | Arctic Fire | Nichols Canyon |
| 2015 | ||
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| Hurricane Fly | Arctic Fire | Jezki |
| 2014 | ||
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| Hurricane Fly | Our Conor | Captain Cee Bee |
| 2013 | ||
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| Hurricane Fly | Thousand Stars | Binocular |
| 2012 | ||
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| Hurricane Fly | Oscars Well | Thousand Stars |
| 2011 | ||
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| Hurricane Fly | Solwhit | Thousand Stars |
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| 2010 | ||
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| Solwhit | Donnas Palm | Sublimity |
| 2009 | ||
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| Brave Inca | Muirhead | River Liane |
| 2008 | ||
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| Sizing Europe | Hardy Eustace | Al Eile |
| 2007 | ||
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| Hardy Eustace | Brave Inca | Macs Joy |
| 2006 | ||
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| Brave Inca | Macs Joy | Golden Cross |
| 2005 | ||
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| Macs Joy | Brave Inca | Hardy Eustace |
| 2004 | ||
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| Foreman | Georges Girl | Fota Island |
| 2003 | ||
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| Like-A-Butterfly | Limestone Lad | Stage Affair |
| 2002 | ||
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| Ned Kelly | Liss A Paoraigh | The French Furze |
| 2001 | ||
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| Istabraq | Mantles Prince | Penny Rich |
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| 2000 | ||
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| Istabraq | Stage Affair | Knife Edge |
| 1999 | ||
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| Istabraq | French Holly | Zafarabad |
| 1998 | ||
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| Istabraq | His Song | Noble Thyne |
| 1997 | ||
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| Cockney Lad | Theatreworld | Dardjini |
| 1996 | ||
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| Collier Bay | Hotel Minella | Danoli |
| 1995 | ||
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| Fortune And Fame | Aries Girl | Clifdon Fog |
| 1994 | ||
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| Fortune And Fame | Danoli | Shawiya |
The Irish Champion 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 Leopardstown over a distance of about 2 miles (3,219 metres), and during its running there are eight hurdles to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in late January or early February.
The event was established in 1950, and it is now one of two Irish races, along with the Punchestown Champion Hurdle, which can be seen as equivalents of the Champion Hurdle in England. The most recent winner of the Leopardstown version to win the Champion Hurdle in the same season was State Man in 2024. The Irish Champion Hurdle was sponsored by AIG Europe from 1993 to 2008, by Toshiba in 2009 and 2010 and by BHP Insurance from 2011 to 2019. The race has been sponsored by PCI since 2020 and is now part of the Dublin Racing Festival weekend.
Records[edit]
Most successful horse (5 wins):
- Hurricane Fly – 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Most successful jockey (6 wins):
- Charlie Swan – Nordic Surprise (1991), Istabraq (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001), Like-A-Butterfly (2003)
- Ruby Walsh – Brave Inca (2009), Hurricane Fly (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015), Faugheen (2016)
Most successful trainer (8 wins):
- Willie Mullins – Hurricane Fly (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015), Faugheen (2016), State Man (2023, 2024)
Winners[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- pedigreequery.com – Leopardstown Champion Hurdle – Leopardstown.