The Lombardstown Mares Novice Chase is a Grade 3 National Hunt novice steeplechase in Ireland which is open to mares aged four years or older. It is run at Cork over a distance of about 2 miles and half a furlong (2 miles and 160 yards, or 3,365 metres). The race is scheduled to take place each year in December. Since 2014 the race has been sponsored by the Kerry Group and run as the Kerry Group European Breeders Fund Mares Novice Chase.
The race was first run in 2004, and was awarded Grade 3 status in 2009 and Grade 2 status in 2021.
Records Leading jockey (3 wins): Paul Townend – Vroum Vroum Mag (2014), Listen Dear (2016), Camelia de Cotte (2018)
Leading trainer (6 wins): Willie Mullins - Pomme Tiepy (2007), Vroum Vroum Mag (2014), Listen Dear (2016), Camelia de Cotte (2018), Elimay (2019), Concertista (2021)
Winners Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer 2004 Adarma 6 Tony McCoy Christy Roche 2005 American Jennie 7 Davy Russell Michael Cullen 2006 Lala Nova 7 Sean McDermott John Joseph Murphy 2007 Pomme Tiepy 4 David Casey Willie Mullins 2008 Hill Fairy 6 Kevin Coleman John Morrison 2009 Royal Choice 5 Andrew Lynch Henry de Bromhead 2010 no race 2010 2011 Knockfierna 6 Davy Russell Charles Byrnes 2012 Great Oak 6 Mark Enright John W Nicholson 2013 Dressedtothenines 6 Niall Madden Edward P Harty 2014 Vroum Vroum Mag 5 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2015 Queens Wild 5 Adrian Heskin Edward P Harty 2016 Listen Dear 6 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2017 Shattered Love 6 Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott 2018 Camelia de Cotte 6 Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2019 Elimay 5 Mark Walsh Willie Mullins 2020 Mount Ida 6 Denis O'Regan Gordon Elliott 2021 Concertista 7 Sean O'Keeffe Willie Mullins 2022 Impervious 6 Brian Hayes Colm Murphy 2023 Silent Approach 5 Danny Mullins Con O'Keeffe 2024 Only By Night 6 Sean Flanagan Gavin Cromwell 2025 Kala Conti 5 Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott
See also Horse racing in Ireland List of Irish National Hunt races
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