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Royal Bond Novice Hurdle

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Inaugurated
  
1994

Sponsor
  
Bar One Racing

Surface
  
Turf

Race type
  
Hurdle race

Website
  
Fairyhouse

Distance
  
3,219 m

Location
  
Fairyhouse Co. Meath, Ireland

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The Royal Bond Novice Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Ireland which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Fairyhouse over a distance of about 2 miles (3,219 metres), and during its running there are nine hurdles to be jumped. The race is for novice hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late November or early December.

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The event is named after Royal Bond, a successful National Hunt horse trained by Arthur Moore in the early 1980s. It was established in 1994, and it has held Grade 1 status throughout its history. It is usually staged on the same afternoon as two other top-grade races – the Drinmore Novice Chase and the Hatton's Grace Hurdle.

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Records

Leading jockey (4 wins):

  • Paul Carberry – Gambolling Doc (1994), Wild Passion (2004), Iktitaf (2005), Muirhead (2007)
  • Charlie Swan – Thats My Man (1995), Istabraq (1996), Liss A Paoraigh (2000), Like-a-Butterfly (2001)
  • Leading trainer (7 wins):

  • Willie Mullins - Alexander Banquet (1998), Hurricane Fly (2008), Zaidpour (2010), Sous les Cieux (2011), Nichols Canyon (2014), Long Dog (2015), Airlie Beach (2016)
  • References

    Royal Bond Novice Hurdle Wikipedia