The Leopardstown E.B.F. Mares Hurdle is a Grade 3 National Hunt hurdle race in Ireland which is open to mares aged four years or older. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 2 miles and four furlongs (4,023 metres) and during its running there are 10 flights of hurdles to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year during the Christmas Festival at the end of December.
The race was first run in 2005, and was awarded Grade 3 status in 2011.
Records Most successful horse (2 wins): Grangeclare Lark – 2006, 2007 Our Girl Salley - 2010, 2011 Let's Dance- 2016, 2017
Leading jockey (5 wins): Paul Townend – Voler La Vedette (2009), Let's Dance (2017), Stormy Ireland (2019), Concertista (2020), Shewearsitwell (2022)
Leading trainer (7 wins): Willie Mullins - Zuzka (2012), Let's Dance (2016, 2017), Good Thyne Tara (2018), Stormy Ireland (2019), Concertista (2020), Shewearsitwell (2022)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer 2005 Celestial Wave 5 Nina Carberry Adrian Maguire 2006 Grangeclare Lark 5 Roger Loughran Dessie Hughes 2007 Grangeclare Lark 6 Roger Loughran Dessie Hughes 2008 Give It Time 5 Andrew Leigh Jessica Harrington 2009 Voler La Vedette 5 Paul Townend Colm Murphy 2010 Our Girl Salley 5 Barry Geraghty Prunella Dobbs 2011 Our Girl Salley 6 Barry Geraghty Prunella Dobbs 2012 Zuzka 5 Patrick Mullins Willie Mullins 2013 Theatre Bird 5 Bryan Cooper Sean Thomas Doyle 2014 Carrigmoorna Rock 6 Phillip Enright Robert Tyner 2015 Keppols Queen 7 Mark Bolger Jessica Harrington 2016 Let's Dance 4 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins 2017 Let's Dance 5 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2018 Good Thyne Tara 8 David Mullins Willie Mullins 2019 Stormy Ireland 5 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2020 Concertista 6 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2021 Royal Kahala 6 Kevin Sexton Peter Fahey 2022 Shewearsitwell 7 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2023 Jetara 5 Jack Kennedy Jessica Harrington 2024 July Flower 5 Rachael Blackmore Henry de Bromhead 2025 Wodhooh 5 Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott
See also Horse racing in Ireland List of Irish National Hunt races
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