Champion INH Flat Race

The Champion INH Flat Race is a Grade 1 National Hunt flat race in Ireland for amateur riders which is open to horses aged four to seven years. It is run at Punchestown over a distance of about 2 miles and ½ furlong (2 miles and 70 yards, or 3,283 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Punchestown Festival in late April or early May.

Champion INH Flat Race
Grade 1 race
LocationPunchestown
Co. Kildare, Ireland
Race typeNational Hunt flat race
SponsorRacing Post
WebsitePunchestown
Race information
Distance2m ½f (3,219 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationFour to seven years old
geldings and mares
Weight11 st 4 lb (4yo);
12 st 0 lb (5–7yo)
Allowances
7 lb for mares
Purse€100,000 (2019)
1st: €59,000
Champion I.N.H. Flat Race
2019
Colreevy Abacadabras Beacon Edge

The event was sponsored by the bookmaker Paddy Power from 1999 to 2011, by betchronicle.com in 2012, Betdaq in 2013 and by attheraces from 2014 to 2016. The current sponsor is the Racing Post. It was formerly open to horses aged four or older, but an upper age limit of seven was introduced in 2007.

The field usually includes horses which ran previously in the Champion Bumper at Cheltenham, and both races were won by Cousin Vinny in 2008. The feat was repeated the following year by Dunguib, but he was later disqualified from the Irish version after testing positive for a banned substance. The only other horse to win both races was Fayonagh in 2017.

Records

Leading jockey since 1992 (3 wins):

  • Patrick Mullins - Cousin Vinny (2008), Lovethehigherlaw (2011), Bellshill (2015)
  • Jamie Codd - Shaneshill (2014), Fayonagh (2017), Colreevy (2019)

Leading trainer since 1992 (9 wins):

  • Willie Mullins - Maringo (1995), Cousin Vinny (2008), Lovethehigherlaw (2011), Champagne Fever (2012), Shaneshill (2014), Bellshill (2015), Blow By Blow (2016), Tornado Flyer (2018), Colreevy (2019)

Winners since 1992
  • All amateur jockeys.
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer
1992 Tiananmen Square 4 Tim Hyde Noel Meade
1993 Dramatic Touch 5 David Marnane Liam Browne
1994 Aries Girl 5 Eoghan Norris Pat Flynn
1995 Maringo 6 Tony Martin Willie Mullins
1996 Noble Thyne 6 Tom Mullins Paddy Mullins
1997 Arctic Camper 5 Robert Thornton David Nicholson
1998 King's Road 5 Gordon Elliott Nigel Twiston-Davies
1999 Our Bid 8 Philip Carberry Kevin Prendergast
2000 Liss A Paoraigh 5 Paul Crowley John Kiely
2001 Like-A-Butterfly [lower-alpha 1] 7 J. T. McNamara Christy Roche
2002 Supreme Developer 5 Pat Murphy Tony Mullins
2003 Royal Rosa 4 Aidan Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson
2004 Geill Sli 6 Alan Crowe Noel Meade
2005 Refinement 6 Alan Berry Jonjo O'Neill
2006 Leading Run 7 Nina Carberry Noel Meade
2007 Mick the Man 6 Nina Carberry Noel Meade
2008 Cousin Vinny 5 Patrick Mullins Willie Mullins
2009 Sweeps Hill [lower-alpha 2] 5 J. P. Magnier John Kiely
2010 Hidden Universe 4 Robbie McNamara Dermot Weld
2011 Lovethehigherlaw 5 Patrick Mullins Willie Mullins
2012 Champagne Fever 5 Patrick Mullins Willie Mullins
2013 The Liquidator 5 Jane Mangan David Pipe
2014 Shaneshill 5 Jamie Codd Willie Mullins
2015 Bellshill 5 Patrick Mullins Willie Mullins
2016 Blow By Blow 5 Katie Walsh Willie Mullins
2017 Fayonagh 6 Jamie Codd Gordon Elliott
2018 Tornado Flyer 5 Richie Deegan Willie Mullins
2019 Colreevy 6 Jamie Codd Willie Mullins
  1. The 2001 running took place at Leopardstown
  2. Dunguib finished first in 2009, but he was subsequently disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance

See also

References
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