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Johnstown Novice Hurdle

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The Johnstown Novice Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle horse race in Ireland. It is run at Naas in February over a distance of 2 miles and during the race there are eight hurdles to be jumped. The race was first run in 1984 as a Listed race and it was upgraded to Grade 2 in 2003. The race is currently sponsored by Paddy Power bookmakers and has been run under sponsored titles since 2011.

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Records

Leading jockeys (4 wins):

  • Barry Geraghty – (1999, 2004, 2006, 2007)
  • Charlie Swan – (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000)

    • Leading trainers (4 wins):

  • Willie Mullins - (2001, 2011, 2012, 2013)

    • Winners

  • Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".

    • 1 The 2010 running took place at Navan after the original fixture at Naas was abandoned.

    References

    Johnstown Novice Hurdle Wikipedia
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