The Champion INH Flat Race is a Grade 1 National Hunt flat race in Ireland for amateur riders which is open to

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aged four to seven years. It is run at Punchestown over a distance of about 2 miles and ½ furlong (2 miles and 70 yards, or 3,283 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Punchestown Festival in late April or early May. The event was sponsored by the bookmaker Paddy Power from 1999 to 2011, by betchronicle.com in 2012,

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in 2013, attheraces from 2014 to 2016 and the

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from 2017 to 2019. The current sponsor is Race and Stay. It was formerly open to horses aged four or older, but an upper age limit of seven was introduced in 2007. The field usually includes horses which ran previously in the Champion Bumper at

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, and both races were won by Cousin Vinny in 2008. The feat was repeated the following year by

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, but he was later disqualified from the Irish version after testing positive for a banned substance. Two other horses have won both races; Fayonagh in 2017 and Facile Vega in 2022.

Records

Leading

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since 1992 (4 wins): * Patrick Mullins - ''Cousin Vinny (2008), Lovethehigherlaw (2011), Bellshill (2015), Facile Vega (2022)'' ---- Leading trainer since 1992 (11 wins): * Willie Mullins - ''Maringo (1995), Cousin Vinny (2008), Lovethehigherlaw (2011), Champagne Fever (2012), Shaneshill (2014), Bellshill (2015), Blow By Blow (2016), Tornado Flyer (2018), Colreevy (2019), Kilcruit (2021), Facile Vega (2022)''

Winners since 1992

* ''All amateur jockeys.''

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– ''Champion INH Flat Race – Punchestown.''

– ''Racenews Archive (April 25, 2003).'' {{Race Meeting, Punchestown Festival, Turf National Hunt races in Ireland National Hunt flat races Punchestown Racecourse

Records

Winners since 1992

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