Christmas Hurdle (Ireland)
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| Home by the Lee | Ashdale Bob | Meet And Greet |
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| Klassical Dream | Flooring Porter | Burning Victory |
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| Flooring Porter | The Storyteller | Sire Du Berlais |
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| Apple's Jade | Unowhatimeanharry | Penhill |
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| Apple's Jade | Early Doors | Bapaume |
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| Apple's Jade | Supasundae | Bapaume |
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| Vroum Vroum Mag | Clondaw Warrior | Snow Falcon |
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| Prince of Scars | Alpha Des Obeaux | Martello Tower |
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| Lieutenant Colonel | Jetson | Monksland |
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| Zaidpour | Rule The World | Mala Beach |
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| Monksland | Zaidpour | So Young |
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| Voler La Vedette | Mourad | Shakervilz |
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| Mourad | Powerstation | Rigour Back Bob |
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| Powerstation | Oscar Dan Dan | Noble Prince |
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| Catch Me | Whatuthink | Beau Michael |
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| Sweet Kiln | Sonnyanjoe | Adamant Approach |
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| Celestial Wave | Sweet Kiln | Strangely Brown |
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| Rosaker | Emotional Moment | Strangely Brown |
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| Emotional Moment | Yogi | Macs Gildoran |
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| Sacundai | Be My Belle | Rostropovich |
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| Limestone Lad | Boss Doyle | Bannow Bay |
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| Bannow Bay | Limestone Lad | Boss Doyle |
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| Bannow Bay | Slaney Native | Boss Doyle |
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| Limestone Lad | Boss Doyle | Spirit Dancer |
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| Commanche Court | Miltonfield | Tarthooth |
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| Nocksky | Cockney Lad | Antapoura |
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| What A Question | Antapoura | Rathgibbon |
The Christmas Hurdle is Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Ireland. It is run at Leopardstown Racecourse in December, over a distance of 3 miles (4,828 metres) and during its running there are 12 flights of hurdles to be jumped.
The race is one of the feature races of Leopardstown's Christmas Festival. Prior to 2013 it carried Grade 2 status. The 2019 race was run as the Frank Ward Memorial Hurdle. Since 2022 the race has been run as the Jack De Bromhead Christmas Hurdle.
Records
Most successful horse (3 wins):
- Apple's Jade – (2017, 2018, 2019)
Leading jockey (3 wins):
- Ruby Walsh – Commanche Court (1998), Zaidpour (2013), Vroum Vroum Mag (2016
- Jack Kennedy – Apple's Jade (2018, 2019), Irish Point (2023)
Leading trainer (5 wins):
- Gordon Elliott – Prince of Scars (2015), Apple's Jade (2017, 2018, 2019), Irish Point (2023)
Recent winners
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
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| 1996 | What A Question | Conor O'Dwyer | Mouse Morris |
| 1997 | Nocksky | Stephen Craine | Liam Browne |
| 1998 | Commanche Court | Ruby Walsh | Ted Walsh |
| 1999 | Limestone Lad | Shane McGovern | Michael Bowe |
| 2000 | Bannow Bay | Charlie Swan | Christy Roche |
| 2001 | Bannow Bay | Charlie Swan | Christy Roche |
| 2002 | Limestone Lad | Paul Carberry | James Bowe |
| 2003 | Sacundai | Barry Geraghty | Edward O'Grady |
| 2004 | Emotional Moment | Barry Geraghty | Tom Taaffe |
| 2005 | Rosaker | Paul Carberry | Noel Meade |
| 2006 | Celestial Wave | Timmy Murphy | Adrian Maguire |
| 2007 | Sweet Kiln | Tom Doyle | Michael Bowe |
| 2008 | Catch Me | Andrew McNamara | Edward O'Grady |
| 2009 | Powerstation | Andrew McNamara | Eamonn O'Connell |
| 2010 | Mourad | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2011 | Voler la Vedette | Andrew Lynch | Colm Murphy |
| 2012 | Monksland | Paul Carberry | Noel Meade |
| 2013 | Zaidpour | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins |
| 2014 | Lieutenant Colonel | Bryan Cooper | Sandra Hughes |
| 2015 | Prince of Scars | Davy Russell | Gordon Elliott |
| 2016 | Vroum Vroum Mag | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins |
| 2017 | Apple's Jade | Davy Russell | Gordon Elliott |
| 2018 | Apple's Jade | Jack Kennedy | Gordon Elliott |
| 2019 | Apple's Jade | Jack Kennedy | Gordon Elliott |
| 2020 | Flooring Porter | Jonathan Moore | Gavin Cromwell |
| 2021 | Klassical Dream | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2022 | Home by the Lee | JJ Slevin | Joseph O'Brien |
| 2023 | Irish Point | Jack Kennedy | Gordon Elliott |
| 2024 | Home by the Lee | JJ Slevin | Joseph O'Brien |