The Florida Pearl Novice Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt novice chase in Ireland which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Punchestown over a distance of about 2 miles and 6½ furlongs (2 miles 6 furlongs and 140 yards, or 4,554 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in November.
The race is named in honour of Florida Pearl, who won a record four Irish Hennessy Gold Cups for Willie Mullins in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
The race was known as the Irish Field Novice Chase until 2006. It was awarded Grade 3 status in 2003 and then raised to Grade 2 in 2011.
Records Leading jockey since 1988 (3 wins): Barry Geraghty - Barrow Drive (2002), Forget The Past (2004), Purple Shuffle (2006) Ruby Walsh – Back In Focus (2012), Morning Assembly (2013), A Toi Phil (2016)
Leading trainer since 1988 (6 wins): Gordon Elliott - A Toi Phil (2016), Jury Duty (2017), Battleoverdoyen (2019), Pencilfulloflead (2020), Favori De Champdou (2023), Stellar Story (2024)
Winners since 1988 Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer 1988 Wolf Of Badenoch 7 Tommy Carmody John Mulhern 1989 Maid Of Money 7 Anthony Powell John Fowler 1990 Larchmont 9 Tom Taaffe Michael Purcell 1991 Firions Law 6 M Flynn Victor Bowens 1992 General Idea 7 Brendan Sheridan Dermot Weld 1993not held 1994 Buck Rogers 5 C N Bowens Victor Bowens 1995 An Maineach 6 J M Donnelly Capt Donald Swan 1996 Dorans Pride 7 Shane Broderick Michael Hourigan 1997 Hill Society Paul Carberry Noel Meade 1998 Gutteridge Tommy Treacy P D Evans 1999 Feathered Leader 7 Conor O'Dwyer Arthur Moore 2000 Limestone Lad 8 Barry Cash James Bowe 2001 Michael Mor 7 Paul Carberry Noel Meade 2002 Barrow Drive 6 Barry Geraghty A Mullins 2003 Satco Express 7 Shay Barry E Sheehy 2004 Forget The Past 6 Barry Geraghty Michael O'Brien 2005 Slim Pickings 6 David Casey Robert Tyner 2006 Purple Shuffle 8 Barry Geraghty Pat Fahy 2007 Santa's Son 7 J L Cullen J F O'Shea 2008 Trafford Lad 6 T J Doyle E Sheehy 2009 Aranleigh 7 Mark Walsh Anthony Mullins 2010 Thegreatjohnbrowne 6 Davy Condon Noel Meade 2011 Last Instalment 6 Davy Russell Philip Fenton 2012 Back In Focus 7 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins 2013 Morning Assembly 6 Ruby Walsh Pat Fahy 2014 Shanahan's Turn 6 Johnny Burke Henry de Bromhead 2015 Shantou Flyer 5 Mr Barry O'Neill Colin Bowe 2016 A Toi Phil 6 Ruby Walsh Gordon Elliott 2017 Jury Duty 6 Robbie Power Gordon Elliott 2018 Some Neck 7 David Mullins Willie Mullins 2019 Battleoverdoyen 6 Davy Russell Gordon Elliott 2020 Pencilfulloflead 6 Rachael Blackmore Gordon Elliott 2021 Vanillier 6 Keith Donoghue Gavin Cromwell 2022 Darrens Hope 8 Danny Mullins Robert Murphy 2023 Favori De Champdou 8 Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott 2024 Stellar Story 7 Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott 2025 Oscars Brother 7 Daniel King Connor King
See also Horse racing in Ireland List of Irish National Hunt races
References Racing Post: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,