Knight Frank Juvenile Hurdle
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| Espoir D'allen | Farclas | Mitchouka |
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| Bapaume | Landofhopeandglory | Mega Fortune |
| 2015 | ||
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| Apple's Jade | Jer's Girl | Footpad |
| 2014 | ||
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| Fiscal Focus | Kalkir | Prussian Eagle |
| 2013 | ||
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| Guitar Pete | Clarcam | Henry Higgins |
| 2012 | ||
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| Blood Cotil | Stocktons Wing | Fisher |
| 2011 | ||
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| His Excellency | One Cool Shabra | Burrenbridge Lodge |
| 2010 | ||
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| Sailors Warn | Fearless Falcon | Accidental Outlaw |
| 2009 | ||
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| Carlito Brigante | Alaivan | Leblon |
| 2008 | ||
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| Lethal Weapon | Tharawaat | King Of Queens |
| 2007 | ||
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| Won In The Dark | Indian Spring | The Ethiopian |
| 2006 | ||
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| Lounaos | Robin Du Bois | Deputy Consort |
| 2005 | ||
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| Clear Riposte | Artist's Muse | Dreux |
| 2004 | ||
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| Arch Rebel | Don't Be Bitin | Stromstad |
| 2003 | ||
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| Top Strategy | Al Eile | Berkeley Note |
The Knight Frank Juvenile Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Ireland. It is run at Leopardstown in December over a distance of about 2 miles (3,219 metres) and during the race there are eight flights of hurdles to be jumped.
The race is normally run on St. Stephen's Day, during the course's Christmas Festival and is restricted to 3 year old horses only. It has been run under a series of sponsored titles - the 2012 running was called the Q8 Oil Juvenile Hurdle, the 2011 running was sponsored by the United Arab Emirates Embassy and in 2010 it was sponsored by the Bord na Móna peat harvesting company and run as the Bord na Mona Fire Magic Juvenile Hurdle. Prior to 2009 it was known as the Durkan New Homes Juvenile Hurdle and in 2009 it was run as the Inforthenight.ie Juvenile Hurdle.
In the 1990s the race was known as the Dennys Juvenile Hurdle.
Recent Winners
- Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer | |
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| 1987 | Old Dundalk | Frank Berry | David Murray Smith | |
| 1988 | Derrinore | P Kavanagh | Paddy Mullins | |
| 1989 | Dail Eireann | Anthony Powell | Mick O'Toole | |
| 1990 | Galevilla Express | C N Bowens | Victor Bowens | |
| 1991 | Crowded House | Josh Byrne | Barry Kelly | |
| 1992 | Autumn Gorse | Charlie Swan | Mrs A M O'Brien | |
| 1993 | Shirley's Delight | Paul Carberry | Noel Meade | |
| 1994 | Notcomplainingbut | Tommy Treacy | Paddy Mullins | |
| 1995 | Cancelled due to frozen course | |||
| 1996 | Grimes | Conor O'Dwyer | Christy Roche | |
| 1997 | Rainbow Frontier | Charlie Swan | Aidan O'Brien | |
| 1998 | Knife Edge | Tom Rudd | Michael O'Brien | |
| 1999 | Calladine | Eddie Callaghan | Steve Mahon | |
| 2000 | Pittsburgh Phil | Tom Rudd | Michael O'Brien | |
| 2001 | Newhall | Francis Flood | Francis Flood | |
| 2002 | Party Airs | Barry Geraghty | Dermot Weld | |
| 2003 | Top Strategy | Gary Hutchinson | Ted Walsh | |
| 2004 | Arch Rebel | Mr Niall Madden | Noel Meade | |
| 2005 | Clear Riposte | David Casey | Willie Mullins | |
| 2006 | Lounaos | Barry Geraghty | Eoin Griffin | |
| 2007 | Won In The Dark | Michael Mooney | Sabrina Harty | |
| 2008 | Lethal Weapon | Alan Crowe | Christy Roche | |
| 2009 | Carlito Brigante | Davy Russell | Gordon Elliot | |
| 2010 | Sailors Warn | Andrew McNamara | Edward O'Grady | |
| 2011 | His Excellency | Davy Russell | Gordon Elliot | |
| 2012 | Blood Cotil | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins | |
| 2013 | Guitar Pete | Bryan Cooper | Dessie Hughes | |
| 2014 | Fiscal Focus | Mikey Fogarty | Des McDonagh | |
| 2015 | Apple's Jade | Johnny Burke | Willie Mullins | |
| 2016 | Bapaume | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | |
| 2017 | Espoir D'Allen | Mark Walsh | Gavin Cromwell | |