The Donohue Marquees Juvenile Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt novice hurdle race in Ireland which is open to horses aged four years only. It is run at Fairyhouse over a distance of 2 miles (3,218 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year at the course's Easter Festival.
The race was awarded Grade 3 status in 2008, later raised to Grade 2 in 2016. Prior to 2015 it was sponsored by Tayto, and in 2015 and 2016 it was sponsored by R E A Grimes Property Consultants. The sponsors of the 2017 and 2018 runnings were Avoca Handweavers and from 2019 to 2021 the race was sponsored by the Rathbarry and Glenview Studs. Since 2022 the sponsors are Donohue Marquees.
Records Leading jockey since 1988 (4 wins): Paul Carberry – Micks Delight (1994), Embellished I (1996), Dashing Home (2003), The Fist Of God (2009) Ruby Walsh - Balla Sola (1999), Artist's Muse (2006), Twinlight (2011), French Made (2019) Paul Townend - Ivan Grozny (2014), .Buiseness Sivola (2015), Saglawy (2018), Blue Lemons (2025)
Leading trainer since 1988 (8 wins): Noel Meade - Rocket Dancer (1990), Visions Pride (1991), Glencloud (1992), Micks Delight (1994), Embellished I (1996), Dashing Home (2003), The Fist Of God (2009), Jeff Kidder (2021) Willie Mullins - Balla Sola (1999), Twinlight (2011), Ivan Grozny (2014), Buiseness Sivola (2015), Saglawy (2018), Blue Lemons (2025), Proactif (2026)
Winners since 1988 Year Winner Jockey Trainer 1988 Marvellous Marvin Tommy Carmody John Mulhern 1989 First Fought Ken Morgan Jim Dreaper 1990 Rocket Dancer Tommy Carmody Noel Meade 1991 Visions Pride Tommy Carmody Noel Meade 1992 Glencloud Charlie Swan Noel Meade 1993 Judicial Field Adrian Maguire Dermot Weld 1994 Micks Delight Paul Carberry Noel Meade 1995 Bobstar Dancer John Shortt J G Coogan 1996 Embellished I Paul Carberry Noel Meade 1997 Stylish Allure Richard Dunwoody Dermot Weld 1998 Shantarini Kieran Gaule Shane Donohoe 1999 Balla Sola Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins 2000 Wild Arms Norman Williamson Edward O'Grady 2001 Rostropovich David Casey Mouse Morris 2002 Hyderabad David Casey Mouse Morris 2003 Dashing Home Paul Carberry Noel Meade 2004 Essex Davy Russell Michael O'Brien 2005 Levitator T G M Ryan Michael O'Brien 2006 Artist's Muse Ruby Walsh Ted Walsh 2007 Bahrain Storm Davy Russell Patrick J Flynn 2008 Paco Jack Davy Russell Joseph Crowley 2009 The Fist Of God Paul Carberry Noel Meade 2010 Fingal Rock Andrew McNamara Peter Casey 2011 Twinlight Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins 2012 Ballynacree Tony McCoy Christy Roche 2013 One Fine Day Robbie Power Jessica Harrington 2014 Ivan Grozny Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2015 Buiseness Sivola Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2016 Slowmotion Barry Geraghty Aidan O'Brien 2017 Project Bluebook Barry Geraghty John Quinn 2018 Saglawy Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2019 French Made Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins no race 2020 2021 Jeff Kidder Sean Flanagan Noel Meade 2022 Iberique Du Seuil Jack Kennedy Gordon Elliott 2023 Enjoy The Dream Darragh O'Keeffe Andrew McNamara 2024 Bottler'secret Keith Donoghue Gavin Cromwell 2025 Blue Lemons Paul Townend Willie Mullins 2026 Proactif Mark Walsh Willie Mullins
See also Horse racing in Ireland List of Irish National Hunt races
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