Horse Racing - Champion Four Year Old Hurdle

This race, held in Ireland each year, is staged over a distance of two miles (3,219 metres) at Punchestown racecourse, County Kildare, Ireland during its annual Festival meeting in late April/early May. The race is open to novice hurdlers aged four-years-old. It has been staged at Punchestown since 1980 but didn't attain Grade 1 status until 1998.  It was not staged in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
 
YEAR
WINNER
JOCKEY
TRAINER
1998 ZAFARABAD R Johnson D Nicholson
1999
KATARINO
M F'gerald
N H'derson
2000
TOPACIO
C Swan
P Hughes
2001
*HOLY ORDERS
R Walsh W Mullins
2002
QUAZAR
T Dobbin
J O'Neill
2003
SPORAZENE L Aspell
P Nicholls
2004
CHERUB
T Dobbin
J O'Neill
2005
UNITED
L Aspell
L Wadham
2006
QUATRE HEURES
M F'gerald W Mullins
2007
PUNJABI
M F'gerald N H'derson
2008
WON IN THE DARK
D Russell
S Harty
2009
JUMBO RIO
A McNamara
E O'Grady
2010
BARIZAN
J Maguire
E Williams
2011
GRANDOUET
B G'aghty N H'derson
2012 HISAABAAT A Lynch D Weld
2013 DIAKALI R Walsh W Mullins
2014 ABBYSSIAL R Walsh W Mullins
2015 PETITE PARISIENNE B Cooper W Mullins
2016 APPLE'S JADE B Cooper W Mullins
2017 BAPAUME R Walsh W Mullins
2018 SALDIER R Power W Mullins
2019 FUSIL RAFFLES D Jacob N H'derson
2020 Not held - -
2021 JEFF KIDDER S Flanagan N Meade
2022 VAUBAN P Townend W Mullins
2023 LOSSIEMOUTH P Townend W Mullins
2024 KARGESE P Townend W Mullins
2025 LULAMBA J Bowen N H'derson
2026 SARTOGA M Walsh P Roche

*Staged at Fairyhouse

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