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.

Dorans Pride Novice Hurdle
2019
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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.

Winners
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer
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
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  2. The 2015 running took place at Punchestown after the original fixture at Limerick was abandoned
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See also

References
  1. "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.
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