The Faugheen Novice Chase is a Grade 1

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race in Ireland. It is run at

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in December over a distance of about 2 miles and 3½

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s (2 miles 3 furlongs and 160 yards, or 3,968 metres). The race is run on

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, during the course's Christmas Festival. It is currently sponsored by Matchbook betting exchange. It was previously contested at Grade 2 level and was raised to Grade 1 status from the 2018 running. Prior to 2020 it was run as the Greenmount Park Novice Chase before being renamed in honour of

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, the 2019 winner of the race.

Records

Leading

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(2 wins): * David Casey – ''Financial Reward (2008), Dancing Tornado (2009) '' * Emmet Mullins – ''Sir Des Champs (2011), The Paparrazi Kid (2013)'' Leading trainer (7 wins): *

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– '' Financial Reward (2008), Sir Des Champs (2011), The Paparrazi Kid (2013), Outlander (2015), Bellshill (2016),

(2019), Colreevy (2020) ''

Winners since 1993

References

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Records

Winners since 1993

See also

References