The For Auction Novice Hurdle is a Grade 3 National Hunt novice hurdle race in Ireland which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Navan over a distance of about 2 miles (3,218 metres). The race is scheduled to take place each year in November.
The race was first run in 1997, and was awarded Grade 3 status in 2003.
Records Leading jockey (4 wins): Barry Geraghty – Aunt Aggie (2000), O'Muircheartaigh (2005), Clopf (2006), Academy Sir Harry (2008)
Leading trainer (5 wins): Edward O'Grady – Go Roger Go (1997), Aunt Aggie (2000), O'Muircheartaigh (2005), Clopf (2006), Judge Roy Bean (2009) Gordon Elliott - Labaik (2016), Mengli Khan (2017), Abacadabras (2019), What's Up Darling (2023), Bleu De Vassy (2024)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer 1997 Go Roger Go Norman Williamson Edward O'Grady 1998 To Your Honour F J Flood Francis Flood 1999 Very Tempting 4 R P McNally P Hughes 2000 Aunt Aggie 5 Barry Geraghty Edward O'Grady 2001 Golden Row 7 P P O'Brien Charles Byrnes 2002 Native Sparkle 5 K Hadnett Tom Hogan 2003 Accordion Etoile 4 J L Cullen Paul Nolan 2004 Wild Passion 4 Paul Carberry Noel Meade 2005 O'Muircheartaigh 5 Barry Geraghty Edward O'Grady 2006 Clopf 5 Barry Geraghty Edward O'Grady 2007 Quinmaster 5 Ruby Walsh Michael Halford 2008 Academy Sir Harry 6 Barry Geraghty Eoin Griffin 2009 Judge Roy Bean 6 Andrew McNamara Edward O'Grady 2010 Hidden Cyclone 5 Andrew McNamara John Joseph Hanlon 2011 Il Fenomeno 5 Davy Russell Noel Meade 2012 Sizing Rio 4 Andrew Lynch Henry de Bromhead 2013 Minella Foru 4 Tony McCoy Edward P Harty 2014 McKinley 4 Bryan Cooper Willie Mullins 2015 Three Stars 5 Johnny Burke Henry de Bromhead 2016 Labaik 5 Ruby Walsh Gordon Elliott 2017 Mengli Khan 4 Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott 2018 Aramon 5 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2019 Abacadabras 5 Robbie Power Gordon Elliott 2020 N’golo 5 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2021 My Mate Mozzie 5 Mark Walsh Gavin Cromwell 2022 Hercule Du Seuil 5 Mark Walsh Willie Mullins 2023 What's Up Darling 6 Sam Ewing Gordon Elliott 2024 Bleu De Vassy 5 Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott 2025 I'll Sort That 5 Declan Queally Declan Queally
See also Horse racing in Ireland List of Irish National Hunt races
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