Dorans Pride Novice Hurdle
The Dorans Pride Novice Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt novice hurdle in Ireland which is open to horses aged four years or older.
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| Farouk D'Alene | Vanillier | Darrens Hope |
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| Fury Road | Well Set Up | Vis Ta Loi |
| 2018 | ||
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| Derrinross | Defi Bleu | Pleasure Dome |
| 2017 | ||
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| Fabulous Saga | Delta Work | Burren Life |
| 2016 | ||
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| Penhill | Call The Taxie | Livelovelaugh |
| 2015 | ||
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| Up For Review | Jetstream Jack | Nambour |
| 2014 | ||
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| Martello Tower | Outlander | Measureofmydreams |
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| Faugheen | The Job Is Right | Azorian |
| 2012 | ||
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| Our Vinnie | Pride Of the Parish | Ma Belle Amie |
| 2011 | ||
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| My Murphy | Please Talk | Best Served Cold |
| 2010 | ||
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| Knockfierna | Start Me Up | Ballinahow Lady |
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| Enterprise Park | Quito De La Roque | Hugo De Vindecy |
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| Weapon's Amnesty | Browns Baily | Prince Rudi |
| 2007 | ||
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| Glenrock Leader | Sigma Digital | Scavenger |
| 2006 | ||
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| Kazal | Foligold | Orge D'ete |
| 2005 | ||
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| Vic Venturi | Mister Top Notch | Purple Shuffle |
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| Our Ben | Kerryhead Windfarm | Haggle Twins |
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| Inexorable | Moscow Court | No Small Plans |
It is run at Limerick over a distance of 3 miles (4,828 metres) and during its running there are 14 flights of hurdles to be jumped. It is scheduled to take place each year in late December.
The race was first run in 2003 and is named as a tribute to Dorans Pride a top class staying hurdler and chaser trained by Michael Hourigan. It was upgraded from Grade 3 to Grade 2 in 2015 having been won by Faugheen and Martello Tower in the previous two renewals.[1] The 2016 and 2017 runnings were sponsored by Guinness and run as the Guinness Novice Hurdle. In 2018 it was sponsored by Sky Sports and since 2019 the sponsor has been Lyons of Limerick.
Records
Leading jockey (2 wins):
- Emmet Mullins - Enterprise Park (2009), Faugheen (2013)
- Niall Madden – Knockfierna (2010), Our Vinnie (2012)
- Danny Mullins - Martello Tower (2014), Fabulous Saga (2017)
Leading trainer (6 wins):
- Willie Mullins – Our Ben (2004), Enterprise Park (2009), Faugheen (2013), Up For Review (2015), Penhill (2016), Fabulous Saga (2017)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
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| 2003 | Inexorable | 5 | M D Grant | David Wachman |
| 2004 | Our Ben | 5 | Davy Condon | Willie Mullins |
| 2005 | Vic Venturi | 5 | B T O'Connell[lower-alpha 1] | Philip Fenton |
| 2006 | Kazal | 5 | David Casey | Eoin Griffin |
| 2007 | Glenrock Leader | 5 | A D Leigh | Jessica Harrington |
| 2008 | Weapon's Amnesty | 5 | Robbie Power | Charles Byrnes |
| 2009 | Enterprise Park | 5 | Emmet Mullins | Willie Mullins |
| 2010 | Knockfierna | 5 | Niall Madden | Charles Byrnes |
| 2011 | My Murphy | 5 | Shay Barry | W J Burke |
| 2012 | Our Vinnie | 5 | Niall Madden | Charles Byrnes |
| 2013 | Faugheen | 5 | Emmet Mullins | Willie Mullins |
| 2014 | Martello Tower | 6 | Danny Mullins | Margaret Mullins |
| 2015 | Up For Review[lower-alpha 2] | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins |
| 2016 | Penhill | 5 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2017 | Fabulous Saga | 5 | Danny Mullins | Willie Mullins |
| 2018 | Derrinross | 7 | Luke Dempsey | Philip Dempsey |
| 2019 | Fury Road | 5 | Davy Russell | Gordon Elliott |
| 2020 | Farouk D'Alene | 5 | Jody McGarvey | Gordon Elliott |
- amateur jockey
- The 2015 running took place at Punchestown after the original fixture at Limerick was abandoned
References
- "Enhancements To National Hunt Pattern For 2015/16 Season". HRI. 24 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.