The Lombardstown Mares Novice Chase is a Grade 3 National Hunt novice chase in Ireland which is open to mares aged four years or older. It is run at Cork over a distance of 2 miles and 1 furlong (3,419 metres). The race is scheduled to take place each year in December. Since 2014 the race has been sponsored by the Kerry Group and run as the Kerry Group European Breeders Fund Mares Novice Chase.
The race was first run in 2004, and was awarded Grade 3 status in 2009.
Winners
1 The 2010 running was abandoned due to the Chase course being frozen.
2 The 2015 running was run at Navan after the original race at Cork was abandoned.
References
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