11 st 4 lb (4yo); 12 st 0 lb (5yo+) Allowances 7 lb for fillies and mares
Purse
€250,000 (2021) 1st: €147,500
Punchestown Champion Hurdle
2024
State Man
Irish Point
Colonel Mustard
Previous years
2023
State Man
Vauban
Colonel Mustard
2022
Honeysuckle
Echoes In Rain
Darasso
2021
Honeysuckle
Sharjah
Epatante
2020-2011
2019
Buveur D'Air
Supasundae
Wicklow Brave
2018
Supasundae
Wicklow Brave
Bleu Berry
2017
Wicklow Brave
My Tent Or Yours
Arctic Fire
2016
Vroum Vroum Mag
Identity Thief
My Tent Or Yours
2015
Faugheen
Arctic Fire
Dell' Arca
2014
Jezki
Hurricane Fly
Steps To Freedom
2013
Hurricane Fly
Thousand Stars
Rock On Ruby
2012
Hurricane Fly
Zaidpour
Thousand Stars
2011
Hurricane Fly
Thousand Stars
Binocular
2010
Hurricane Fly
Solwhit
Thousand Stars
2010-2003
2009
Solwhit
Punjabi
Quevega
2008
Punjabi
Sublimity
Ebaziyan
2007
Silent Oscar
Macs Joy
Hardy Eustace
2006
Macs Joy
Brave Inca
Hardy Eustace
2005
Brave Inca
Harchibald
Macs Joy
2004
Hardy Eustace
Rooster Booster
Fota Island
2003
Quazar
Back In Front
In The Forge
The Punchestown Champion Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Ireland which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Punchestown over a distance of about 2 miles (3,219 metres), and during its running there are nine hurdles to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year during the Punchestown Festival in late April or early May.
The present version of the race was introduced in 1999, and it was initially sponsored by Shell. Several different sponsors have followed, including Emo Oil, ACCBank, Rabobank, Racing Post, Betdaq and Paddy Power. Its current sponsor, Boodles, began supporting the race in 2024.
The field usually includes horses which ran previously in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham, and the last to win both events in the same year was State Man in 2024. For a period the race was restricted to horses aged five or older, but the minimum age was lowered to four in 2009.
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