The Killiney Novice Chase is a Grade 3 National Hunt chase in Ireland. It is currently run at Punchestown Racecourse in early January, over a distance of about 2 miles and 3½ furlongs (2 miles, 3 furlongs and 146 yards).
The race was run at Leopardstown Racecourse over a distance of 2 miles and 3 furlongs from its first running in 1995 to 2017. The race changed venues in 2018 due to the creation of the Leopardstown Dublin Festival. This new meeting "combines the feature races from Leopardstown's current three stand-alone meetings in late January and mid-February".
Prior to 2010, the race was titled the Paddy Fitzpatrick Memorial Novice Chase. In 2010, it was called the MCR Chase, in 2011, it was called Tote Pick Six Killiney Novice Chase and in 2012 and 2013, the race was sponsored by Boylesports and run as the Boylesports.com Bet On Your Mobile Novice Chase. Boylesports continued to sponsor the race in 2013 when the title reverted to the Killiney Novice Chase. From 2016, it was sponsored by the Ladbrokes Coral bookmaking group. It was downgraded from Grade 2 to Grade 3 in 2017. The race was sponsored by Total Event Rental for the 2018 and 2019 runnings. There was no race sponsor in 2020. The 2024 running is sponsored by Sky Bet.
Records Most successful jockey (5 wins): Davy Russell - Ten Poundsworth (2003), Hear The Echo (2007), Merchent Paddy (2009), Magnanimity (2011), Sir Des Champs (2012)
Most successful trainer (10 wins): Willie Mullins – Glencove Marina (2008), Sir Des Champs (2012), Djakadam (2014), Vautour (2015), Killultagh Vic (2016), Yorkhill (2017), Invitation Only (2018), Carefully Selected (2020), Lecky Watson (2025), Kappa Jy Pyke (2026)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer 1995 Frank Be Lucky 9 Frank Woods Jim Dreaper 1996 Treble Bob 6 Richard Dunwoody Dermot Weld 1997 Ultra Flutter 10 Tony McCoy Michael Hourigan 1998 Glebe Lad 6 Tom Rudd Michael O'Brien 1999 Native Estates 7 Paul Carberry Noel Meade 2000 To Your Honour 7 David Casey Francis Flood 2001 Ross Moff 8 Conor O'Dwyer Tony Martin 2002 Silver Steel 7 Alan Crowe Christy Roche 2003 Ten Poundsworth 10 Davy Russell G Stewart 2004 Emotional Moment 7 Barry Geraghty Tom Taaffe 2005 Newmill 7 Barry Geraghty Thomas Gerard O'Leary 2006 Nickname 7 Conor O'Dwyer Martin Brassil 2007 Hear The Echo 6 Davy Russell Mouse Morris 2008 Glencove Marina 6 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins 2009 Merchent Paddy 8 Davy Russell Charles Byrnes 2010 Roberto Goldback 8 Robbie Power Jessica Harrington 2011 Magnanimity 7 Davy Russell Dessie Hughes 2012 Sir Des Champs 6 Davy Russell Willie Mullins 2013 Texas Jack 7 Paul Carberry Noel Meade 2014 Djakadam 5 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2015 Vautour 6 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins 2016 Killultagh Vic 7 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins 2017 Yorkhill 7 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins 2018 Invitation Only 7 David Mullins Willie Mullins 2019 Winter Escape 8 Mark Walsh Aidan Howard 2020 Carefully Selected 8 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2021 Envoi Allen 7 Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott 2022 Bob Olinger 7 Rachael Blackmore Henry de Bromhead 2023 Impervious 7 Brian Hayes Colm Murphy 2024 Spillane's Tower 6 Mark Walsh James Joseph Mangan 2025 Lecky Watson 7 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2026 Kappa Jy Pyke 6 Danny Mullins Willie Mullins
See also Horse racing in Ireland List of Irish National Hunt races
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