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John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase

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The John Durkan Memorial Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in Ireland. It is run over a distance of 2 miles and 4 furlongs at Punchestown in December.

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The race was first run in 1968 and it was run over a distance of 2 miles until 1973. It has been run over today's distance since then apart from in 1993 and 1994, when it was run over 2 miles and 5 furlongs.

Records

  • Most successful horse - Straight Fort (1971, 1972), Fort Fox (1976, 1977), Jack Of Trumps (1978, 1979), Bobsline (1984, 1986), Merry Gale (1994, 1995), Native Upmanship (2000, 2002), Djakadam (2015, 2016) 2 wins each
  • Most successful jockey - Niall Madden Sr. (1978/, 1979, 1980); Ruby Walsh (2013, 2015, 2016) 3 wins
  • Most successful trainer - Jim Dreaper (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1990, 1994, 1995) 7 wins

    • Winners

  • Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".

    • 1 The 1997 running took place at Fairyhouse as the Hot Power Chase
    2 The 2010 running took place at Fairyhouse

    References

    John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase Wikipedia
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