Horse Racing - Irish Mares Champion Hurdle

This race, held in Ireland each year, is staged over a distance of two miles and 118 yards (3,227 metres) at Punchestown racecourse, County Kildare, Ireland during its annual Festival meeting in late April/early May. The race is open to female horses only and was first run in 2004. It became a Grade 1 contest in 2013. It was not staged in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Winners since it became a Grade 1 race:

YEAR
WINNER
JOCKEY
TRAINER
2013 GLENS MELODY P Townend W Mullins
2014 ANNIE POWER R Walsh W Mullins
2015 ANNIE POWER R Walsh W Mullins
2016 WITHOUT P Townend W Mullins
2017 APPLE'S JADE B Cooper G Elliott
2018 BENIE DES DIEUX P Townend W Mullins
2019 BENIE DES DIEUX P Townend W Mullins
2020 Not held - -
2021 STORMY IRELAND D Mullins W Mullins
2022 MARIE'S ROCK N de B'ville N H'derson
2023 ECHOES IN RAIN P Townend W Mullins
2024 LOSSIEMOUTH P Townend W Mullins
2025 JADE DE GRUGY P Townend W Mullins
2026 PLACE DE LA NATION D Mullins W Mullins


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