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. It has been upgraded from Grade 3 to Grade 2 on 24 July 2015 having been claimed by Faugheen and Martello Tower in the previous two renewals.
It is run at Limerick over a distance of 3 miles (4,828 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late December.
The race was first run in 2003.
The race is named as a tribute to Dorans Pride a top class staying hurdler and chaser trained by Michael Hourigan. The 2016 running was sponsored by Guinness and run as the Guinness Novice Hurdle.
Winners
1 The 2015 running took place at Punchestown after the original fixture at Limerick was abandoned.
References
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