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Hilly Way Chase

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The Hilly Way Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Ireland. It is run at Cork Racecourse in December, over a distance of 2 miles and half a furlong.

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The race was first run in 2001 as a Grade 3 race, before being awarded Grade 2 status in 2003.

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins)

  • Golden Silver (2009, 2010, 2011)

    • Leading jockey (4 wins):

  • Paul Townend – Golden Silver (2009,2010), Twinlight (2013), Douvan (2016)

    • Leading trainer (8 wins):

  • Willie Mullins - Our Ben (2007), Scotsirish (2008), Golden Silver (2009, 2010, 2011), Twinlight (2013), Felix Yonger (2014, 2015), Douvan (2016)

    • Winners

  • Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".

    • 1 The 2010 running took place at Fairyhouse over a distance of 2m 1f, after the original race at Cork was abandoned because the chase course was frozen.
    2 The 2015 running took place at Navan over a distance of 2m 1f, after the original race at Cork was abandoned.

    References

    Hilly Way Chase Wikipedia
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