Horse Racing - Punchestown Champion 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 horses aged four-years-old and over, having been for five-years-old and over until 2009. It was not staged in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
 
YEAR
WINNER
JOCKEY
TRAINER
1999
ISTABRAQ
C Swan
A O'Brien
2000
GRIMES
C Swan
C Roche
2001
*MOSCOW FLYER
B G'aghty J H'rington
2002
DAVENPORT MILLENIUM
R Walsh
W Mullins
2003
QUAZAR
T Dobbin
J O'Neill
2004
HARDY EUSTACE
C O'Dwyer
D Hughes
2005
BRAVE INCA
T McCoy
C Murphy
2006
MACS JOY
B G'aghty
J H'rington
2007
SILENT OSCAR
R Power
H Rogers
2008
PUNJABI
B G'aghty
N H'derson
2009
SOLWHIT
D Russell
C Byrnes
2010
HURRICANE FLY
P Townend
W Mullins
2011
HURRICANE FLY
R Walsh W Mullins
2012 HURRICANE FLY R Walsh W Mullins
2013 HURRICANE FLY R Walsh W Mullins
2014 JEZKI T McCoy J H'rington
2015 FAUGHEEN R Walsh W Mullins
2016 VROUM VROUM MAG R Walsh W Mullins
2017 WICKLOW BRAVE P Mullins W Mullins
2018 SUPASUNDAE R Power J H'rington
2019 BUVEUR D'AIR D Russell N H'derson
2020 Not held - -
2021 HONEYSUCKLE R B'more H de B'head
2022 HONEYSUCKLE R B'more H de B'head
2023 STATE MAN P Townend W Mullins
2024 STATE MAN P Townend W Mullins
2025 STATE MAN P Townend W Mullins
2026 LOSSIEMOUTH P Townend W Mullins

*Staged at Leopardstown

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