Horse Racing - Honeysuckle Mares Novice Hurdle
This race for female horses aged four years or over is staged each Easter Sunday over a distance of two-and-a-half miles (4,000 metres) at Fairyhouse, County Meath, Ireland. It began as a Grade 3 event in 2003, was promoted to Grade 2 in 2011 and became part of the top level, Grade 1, in 2013. It was not staged in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is named after one of the greatest mares in Irish jump racing history.
Winners since it became a Grade 1 contest:
YEAR | WINNER | JOCKEY | TRAINER |
2013 | ANNIE POWER | R Walsh | W Mullins |
2014 | ADRIANA DES MOLTES | P Townend | W Mullins |
2015 | BITOFAPUZZLE | N Fehily | H Fry |
2016 | JER'S GIRL | B G'aghty | G Cromwell |
2017 | AUGUSTA KATE | D Mullins | W Mullins |
2018 | LAURINA | P Townend | W Mullins |
2019 | HONEYSUCKLE | R Blackmore | H de B'head |
2020 | Not held | - | - |
2021 | SKYACE | J McGarvey | J Hanlon |
2022 | BRANDY LOVE | P Townend | W Mullins |
2023 | ASHROE DIAMOND | P Townend | W Mullins |
2024 | JADE DE GRUGY | P Townend | W Mullins |