Faugheen Novice Chase
The Faugheen Novice Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt race in Ireland. It is run at Limerick Racecourse in December over a distance of about 2 miles and 3½ furlongs (2 miles 3 furlongs and 160 yards, or 3,968 metres).
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| Colreevy | Pencilfulloflead | Janidil |
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| Faugheen | Samcro | Castlebrook |
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| Hardline | Getabird | Riders Onthe Storm |
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| Dounikos | Tombstone | Arbre De Vie |
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| Bellshill | Haymount | Attribution |
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| Outlander | Avant Tout | Free Expression |
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| Gilgamboa | Perfect Gentleman | Wounded Warrior |
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| The Paparrazi Kid | Felix Yonger | Balnaslow |
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| Argocat | Snooze | Far Away So Close |
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| Sir Des Champs | Four Commanders | Quietly Fancied |
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| Mr Cracker | C'est Ca | Kakagh |
| 2009 | ||
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| Dancing Tornado | River Liane | Oscar Looby |
| 2008 | ||
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| Financial Reward | Top Of The Rock | Rock Street |
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| Merry Cowboy | Finger Onthe Pulse | Albanov |
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| One Cool Cookie | Kings Advocate | Chicago Vic |
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| Baily Breeze | Coljon | On The Net |
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| Cane Brake | Il En Reve | Another Dollar |
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| Hi Cloy | Stashedaway | True Blue Victory |
The race is run on St. Stephen's Day, during the course's Christmas Festival. It is currently sponsored by Matchbook betting exchange. It was previously contested at Grade 2 level and was raised to Grade 1 status from the 2018 running.[1] Prior to 2020 it was run as the Greenmount Park Novice Chase before being renamed in honour of Faugheen, the 2019 winner of the race.[2]
Records
Leading jockey (2 wins):
- David Casey – Financial Reward (2008), Dancing Tornado (2009)
- Emmet Mullins – Sir Des Champs (2011), The Paparrazi Kid (2013)
Leading trainer (7 wins):
- Willie Mullins – Financial Reward (2008), Sir Des Champs (2011), The Paparrazi Kid (2013), Outlander (2015), Bellshill (2016), Faugheen (2019), Colreevy (2020)
Winners since 1993
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
| 1993 | Sullane River | 5 | D H O'Connor | David J McGrath |
| 1994 | Imperial Call | 5 | G M O'Neill | Fergie Sutherland |
| 1995 | Love The Lord | 5 | Tommy Treacy | Daniel O'Connell |
| 1996 | Dun Belle | 7 | T J Mitchell | P A Fahy |
| 1997- 2000 | No meeting | |||
| 2001 | Ellenjay | 7 | Barry Cash | Arthur Moore |
| 2002 | Intelligent | 6 | Robbie Power | Jessica Harrington |
| 2003 | Hi Cloy | 6 | Timmy Murphy | Michael Hourigan |
| 2004 | Cane Brake | 5 | M D Grant | David Wachman |
| 2005 | Baily Breeze | 6 | Paddy Flood | Mouse Morris |
| 2006 | One Cool Cookie | 5 | Conor O'Dwyer | Charlie Swan |
| 2007 | Merry Cowboy | 6 | Shane Flanagan | Eamonn Sheehy |
| 2008 | Financial Reward | 5 | David Casey | Willie Mullins |
| 2009 | Dancing Tornado | 8 | David Casey | Michael Hourigan |
| 2010 | Mr Cracker | 5 | Adrian Heskin | Michael Hourigan |
| 2011 | Sir Des Champs | 5 | Emmet Mullins | Willie Mullins |
| 2012 | Argocat | 4 | Andrew McNamara | Tom Taaffe |
| 2013 | The Paparrazi Kid | 6 | Emmet Mullins | Willie Mullins |
| 2014 | Gilgamboa | 6 | Mark Walsh | Enda Bolger |
| 2015 | Outlander | 7 | David Mullins | Willie Mullins |
| 2016 | Bellshill | 6 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2017 | Dounikos | 6 | Andrew Ring | Gordon Elliott |
| 2018 | Hardline | 6 | Keith Donoghue | Gordon Elliott |
| 2019 | Faugheen | 11 | Patrick Mullins[lower-alpha 1] | Willie Mullins |
| 2020 | Colreevy | 7 | Danny Mullins | Willie Mullins |
- amateur jockey
References
- "Greenmount Park Novice Chase upgraded to Grade 1". Horse Racing Ireland. 3 September 2018.
- Boylan, Mark (4 September 2020). "Limerick Grade 1 renamed to honour Faugheen as changes made to Irish schedule". Racing Post. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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