The Dorans Pride Novice Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt novice hurdle in Ireland which is open to horses aged four years or older.
It is run at Limerick over a distance of 3 miles (4,828 metres) and during its running there are 14 flights of hurdles to be jumped. It is scheduled to take place each year in late December.
The race was first run in 2003 and is named as a tribute to Dorans Pride a top class staying hurdler and chaser trained by Michael Hourigan. It was upgraded from Grade 3 to Grade 2 in 2015 having been won by Faugheen and Martello Tower in the previous two renewals. The 2016 and 2017 runnings were sponsored by Guinness and run as the Guinness Novice Hurdle. In 2018 it was sponsored by Sky Sports and since 2019 the sponsor has been Lyons of Limerick.
Records Leading jockey (2 wins): Emmet Mullins - Enterprise Park (2009), Faugheen (2013) Niall Madden – Knockfierna (2010), Our Vinnie (2012) Danny Mullins - Martello Tower (2014), Fabulous Saga (2017)
Leading trainer (7 wins): Willie Mullins – Our Ben (2004), Enterprise Park (2009), Faugheen (2013), Up For Review (2015), Penhill (2016), Fabulous Saga (2017), Loughglynn (2023)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer 2003 Inexorable 5 M D Grant David Wachman 2004 Our Ben 5 Davy Condon Willie Mullins 2005 Vic Venturi 5 B T O'Connell Philip Fenton 2006 Kazal 5 David Casey Eoin Griffin 2007 Glenrock Leader 5 A D Leigh Jessica Harrington 2008 Weapon's Amnesty 5 Robbie Power Charles Byrnes 2009 Enterprise Park 5 Emmet Mullins Willie Mullins 2010 Knockfierna 5 Niall Madden Charles Byrnes 2011 My Murphy 5 Shay Barry W J Burke 2012 Our Vinnie 5 Niall Madden Charles Byrnes 2013 Faugheen 5 Emmet Mullins Willie Mullins 2014 Martello Tower 6 Danny Mullins Margaret Mullins 2015 Up For Review 6 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins 2016 Penhill 5 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2017 Fabulous Saga 5 Danny Mullins Willie Mullins 2018 Derrinross 7 Luke Dempsey Philip Dempsey 2019 Fury Road 5 Davy Russell Gordon Elliott 2020 Farouk D'Alene 5 Jody McGarvey Gordon Elliott 2021 Eric Bloodaxe 6 Bryan Cooper Joseph O'Brien 2022 Favori De Champdou 7 Jordan Gainford Gordon Elliott 2023 Loughglynn 5 Sean O'Keeffe Willie Mullins 2024 The Big Westerner 5 Darragh O'Keeffe Henry de Bromhead 2025 Kazansky 5 Danny Gilligan Gordon Elliott
See also Horse racing in Ireland List of Irish National Hunt races
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