National Hunt flat horse race for amateur riders in Ireland
Horse race
Champion INH Flat Race
Grade 1 race
Location
Punchestown County Kildare, Ireland
Race type
National Hunt flat race
Sponsor
Race and Stay
Website
Punchestown
Race information
Distance
2m ½f (3,219 metres)
Surface
Turf
Track
Right-handed
Qualification
Four to seven years old geldings and mares
Weight
11 st 6 lb (4yo); 12 st 2 lb (5–7yo) Allowances 7 lb for mares
Purse
€100,000 (2021) 1st: €59,000
Champion I.N.H. Flat Race
2024
Redemption Day
The Yellow Clay
William Munny
Previous years
2023
A Dream To Share
Tullyhill
King Of Kingsfield
2022
Facile Vega
Redemption Day
American Mike
2021
Kilcruit
O'toole
Sir Gerhard
2020-2011
2019
Colreevy
Abacadabras
Beacon Edge
2018
Tornado Flyer
Blackbow
Carefully Selected
2017
Fayonagh
Paloma Blue
Poli Roi
2016
Blow By Blow
Moon Racer
Bacardys
2015
Bellshill
Disko
Modus
2014
Shaneshill
Silver Concorde
Value At Risk
2013
The Liquidator
Gilt Shadow
Apache Stronghold
2012
Champagne Fever
Melodic Rendezvous
Mozoltov
2011
Lovethehigherlaw
Waaheb
Jenari
2010-2003
2010
Hidden Universe
Oilily
Tornedo Shay
2009
Dunguib
Sweeps Hill
Luska Lad
2008
Cousin Vinny
Endless Intrigue
Academy Sir Harry
2007
Mick The Man
Woodbine Willie
Shirley Casper
2006
Leading Run
Hairy Molly
Lord Over
2005
Refinement
The Cool Guy
Nicanor
2004
Geill Sli
Blazing Liss
Augherskea
2003
Royal Rosa
Royal Alphabet
Kildare
The Champion INH Flat Race is a Grade 1 National Hunt flat race in Ireland for amateur riders which is open to racing 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.
The event was sponsored by the bookmaker Paddy Power from 1999 to 2011, by betchronicle.com in 2012, Betdaq in 2013, attheraces from 2014 to 2016 and the Racing Post from 2017 to 2019. The current sponsor is Race and Stay. 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. Three other horses have won both races; Fayonagh in 2017, Facile Vega in 2022 and A Dream To Share in 2023.
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