The Cork Stayers Novice Hurdle is a Grade 3 National Hunt novice hurdle in Ireland which is open to horses aged four years or older. The race is run at Cork over a distance of about 3 miles (4,828 metres) and during its running there are 13 hurdles to be jumped. It is scheduled to take place each year in December. It is currently sponsored by the Kerry Group.
The race was first run in 1998 and was awarded Grade 3 status in 2003.
Records Most successful jockey (2 wins): Paul Carberry – Boley Lad (1999), Road To Riches (2012) Davy Condon - Homer Wells (2004), Corbally Ghost (2011) Paul Townend - Quel Esprit (2009), Black Hercules (2014)
Most successful trainer (5 wins): Noel Meade - Boley Lad (1999), Parsons Pistol (2007), Corbally Ghost (2011), Road To Riches (2012), Rathnure Rebel (2016) Willie Mullins – Homer Wells (2004), Quel Esprit (2009), Black Hercules (2014), Gangster (2015), Fabulous Saga (2017)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer 1998 Glazeaway Ruby Walsh Michael J O'Connor 1999 Boley Lad 5 Paul Carberry Noel Meade 2000 no race 2000 2001 Barrow Drive 5 P P O'Brien Charles Byrnes 2002 Satco Express 6 Timmy Murphy E Sheehy 2003 Inexorable 5 M D Grant David Wachman 2004 Homer Wells 6 Davy Condon Willie Mullins 2005 Alpha Royale 5 Davy Russell Charles Byrnes 2006 Emma Jane 6 Andrew Lynch D P Berry 2007 Parsons Pistol 5 Niall Madden Noel Meade 2008 The Bishop Looney 4 T J Doyle T J Nagle Jr 2009 Quel Esprit 5 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2010 Mossey Joe 7 Andrew Leigh Willie Austin 2011 Corbally Ghost 4 Davy Condon Noel Meade 2012 Road To Riches 5 Paul Carberry Noel Meade 2013 The Job Is Right 5 Adrian Heskin Michael Hourigan 2014 Black Hercules 5 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2015 Gangster 5 Bryan Cooper Willie Mullins 2016 Rathnure Rebel 6 Sean Flanagan Noel Meade 2017 Fabulous Saga 5 Danny Mullins Willie Mullins 2018 Derrinross 7 Luke Dempsey Philip Dempsey 2019 Well Set Up 6 Ricky Doyle Mark Fahey 2020 Sayce Gold 7 Darragh O'Keefe Michael Winters 2021 Nell's Well 7 Mark McDonagh Sean O'Brien 2022 Hiddenvalley Lake 5 Rachael Blackmore Henry De Bromhead 2023 Search For Glory 5 Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliot 2024 Pray Tell 8 John Shinnick Desmond Kenneally 2025 Good Girl Kathleen 5 Donagh Meyler Emmet Mullins
See also Horse racing in Ireland List of Irish National Hunt races
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