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Hurdle horse race in Ireland
Irish Champion Hurdle
2024
State Man
Bob Olinger
Impaire Et Passe
Previous years
2023
State Man
Honeysuckle
Vauban
2022
Honeysuckle
Zanahiyr
Echoes In Rain
2021
Honeysuckle
Abacadabras
Sharjah
2020-2011
2020
Honeysuckle
Darver Star
Petit Mouchoir
2019
Apple's Jade
Supasundae
Petit Mouchoir
2018
Supasundae
Faugheen
Mick Jazz
2017
Petit Mouchoir
Footpad
Ivanovich Gorbatov
2016
Faugheen
Arctic Fire
Nichols Canyon
2015
Hurricane Fly
Arctic Fire
Jezki
2014
Hurricane Fly
Our Conor
Captain Cee Bee
2013
Hurricane Fly
Thousand Stars
Binocular
2012
Hurricane Fly
Oscars Well
Thousand Stars
2011
Hurricane Fly
Solwhit
Thousand Stars
2010-2001
2010
Solwhit
Donnas Palm
Sublimity
2009
Brave Inca
Muirhead
River Liane
2008
Sizing Europe
Hardy Eustace
Al Eile
2007
Hardy Eustace
Brave Inca
Macs Joy
2006
Brave Inca
Macs Joy
Golden Cross
2005
Macs Joy
Brave Inca
Hardy Eustace
2004
Foreman
Georges Girl
Fota Island
2003
Like-A-Butterfly
Limestone Lad
Stage Affair
2002
Ned Kelly
Liss A Paoraigh
The French Furze
2001
Istabraq
Mantles Prince
Penny Rich
2000-1994
2000
Istabraq
Stage Affair
Knife Edge
1999
Istabraq
French Holly
Zafarabad
1998
Istabraq
His Song
Noble Thyne
1997
Cockney Lad
Theatreworld
Dardjini
1996
Collier Bay
Hotel Minella
Danoli
1995
Fortune And Fame
Aries Girl
Clifdon Fog
1994
Fortune And Fame
Danoli
Shawiya
The Irish Champion Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunthurdle race in Ireland which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of about 2 miles (3,219 metres), and during its running there are eight hurdles to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in late January or early February.
The event was established in 1950, and it is now one of two Irish races, along with the Punchestown Champion Hurdle, which can be seen as equivalents of the Champion Hurdle in England. The most recent winner of the Leopardstown version to win the Champion Hurdle in the same season was State Man in 2024. The Irish Champion Hurdle was sponsored by AIG Europe from 1993 to 2008, by Toshiba in 2009 and 2010 and by BHP Insurance from 2011 to 2019. The race has been sponsored by PCI since 2020 and is now part of the Dublin Racing Festival weekend.