Florida Pearl Novice Chase

The Florida Pearl Novice Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt novice chase in Ireland which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Punchestown over a distance of about 2 miles and 6½ furlongs (2 miles 6 furlongs and 140 yards, or 4,554 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in November.

Florida Pearl Novice Chase
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The race is named in honour of Florida Pearl, who won a record four Irish Hennessy Gold Cups for Willie Mullins in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

The race was known as the Irish Field Novice Chase until 2006. It was awarded Grade 3 status in 2003 and then raised to Grade 2 in 2011.

Records

Leading jockey since 1988 (3 wins):

  • Barry Geraghty - Barrow Drive (2002), Forget The Past (2004), Purple Shuffle (2006)
  • Ruby WalshBack In Focus (2012), Morning Assembly (2013), A Toi Phil (2016)

Leading trainer since 1988 (4 wins):

  • Gordon Elliott - A Toi Phil (2016), Jury Duty (2017), Battleoverdoyen (2019), Pencilfulloflead (2020)

Winners since 1988

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer
1988 Wolf Of Badenoch 7 Tommy Carmody John Mulhern
1989 Maid Of Money 7 Anthony Powell John Fowler
1990 Larchmont 9 Tom Taaffe Michael Purcell
1991 Firions Law 6 M Flynn Victor Bowens
1992 General Idea 7 Brendan Sheridan Dermot Weld
1993 no race 1993
1994 Buck Rogers 5 C N Bowens Victor Bowens
1995 An Maineach 6 J M Donnelly Capt Donald Swan
1996 Dorans Pride 7 Shane Broderick Michael Hourigan
1997 Hill Society Paul Carberry Noel Meade
1998 Gutteridge Tommy Treacy P D Evans
1999 Feathered Leader 7 Conor O'Dwyer Arthur Moore
2000 Limestone Lad 8 Barry Cash James Bowe
2001 Michael Mor 7 Paul Carberry Noel Meade
2002 Barrow Drive 6 Barry Geraghty A Mullins
2003 Satco Express 7 Shay Barry E Sheehy
2004 Forget The Past 6 Barry Geraghty Michael O'Brien
2005 Slim Pickings 6 David Casey Robert Tyner
2006 Purple Shuffle 8 Barry Geraghty P A Fahy
2007 Santa's Son 7 J L Cullen J F O'Shea
2008 Trafford Lad 6 T J Doyle E Sheehy
2009 Aranleigh 7 Mark Walsh Anthony Mullins
2010 Thegreatjohnbrowne 6 Davy Condon Noel Meade
2011 Last Instalment 6 Davy Russell Philip Fenton
2012 Back In Focus 7 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins
2013 Morning Assembly 6 Ruby Walsh P A Fahy
2014 Shanahan's Turn 6 Johnny Burke Henry de Bromhead
2015 Shantou Flyer 5 Mr B O'Neill Colin Bowe
2016 A Toi Phil 6 Ruby Walsh Gordon Elliott
2017 Jury Duty 6 Robbie Power Gordon Elliott
2018 Some Neck 7 David Mullins Willie Mullins
2019 Battleoverdoyen 6 Davy Russell Gordon Elliott
2020 Pencilfulloflead 6 Rachael Blackmore Gordon Elliott

See also

References

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