The Gowran Park Champion Chase is a Grade 2

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in Ireland which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at

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over a distance of about 2 miles and 4 furlongs (4,023 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late September or early October. The race was first run in 1998.

Records

Most successful horse (4 wins): *

Sizing Europe Sizing Europe (24 March 2002) is an Ireland, Irish National Hunt horse, best known for winning the 2011 Queen Mother Champion Chase at Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham. He won the Irish Champion Hurdle in 2008 before switching to chasing, wher ...

– ''2011, 2012, 2013, 2014'' Most successful jockey (4 wins): *

Barry Geraghty Barry Geraghty (born 16 September 1979) is a retired Irish jockey. He is the second most successful jockey of all time at the Cheltenham Festival. Geraghty rode his first winner in January 1997 and three years later he became the Irish Champio ...

– ''Ferbet Junior (1999), Barrow Drive (2002),

Kicking King Kicking King is a National Hunt racing, National Hunt racehorse trained in Straffan, County Kildare, Co. Kildare, Ireland, by Tom Taaffe. He is best known for his victory in the 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup, the major Steeplechase (horse racing), C ...

(2004), Cailin Annamh (2015)'' Most successful trainer (5 wins): *

Jessica Harrington Jessica Jane Harrington (née Fowler, born 12 February 1947) is an Irish professional horse trainer. Harrington specialises in National Hunt racing but has also had success in Flat racing. Personal life Harrington was born in London. Her father ...

– ''Ferbet Junior (1999), Slaney Native (2000), Knight Legend (2008), Cailin Annamh (2015), Woodland Opera (2018)'' *

Willie Mullins William Peter Mullins (born 15 September 1956) is an Irish racehorse trainer and former jockey. Career He commenced racehorse training in 1988 having previously worked as an assistant to his father Paddy Mullins and Jim Bolger. Willie is a fo ...

- '' Ballycasey (2016), Easy Game (2020,2022,2023), Royal Rendezvous (2021) ''

Winners

References

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Winners

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