The Punchestown Champion Chase, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the William Hill Champion Chase, is a Grade 1

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aged five years or older. It is run at Punchestown over a distance of about 2 miles (3,219 metres) and during its running there are eleven fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year during the Punchestown Festival in late April. It was formerly a handicap race, and for much of the 1990s and early 2000s it was usually sponsored by BMW. It became a conditions race in 1999, and it was subsequently backed by

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(2004) and Kerrygold (2005–09) and

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(2010–19). The present sponsor, William Hill, began to support the event in 2021. The field usually includes horses which ran previously in the Queen Mother Champion Chase, and the last to win both races in the same year was Energumene in 2022.

Records

Most successful horse since 1950 (2 wins): * Shower of Silver – ''1955, 1956'' * Muir – ''1969, 1970'' * Skymas – ''1972, 1973'' * Light the Wad – ''1981, 1982'' * Klairon Davis – ''1996, 1997'' * Sizing Europe - ''2012, 2014'' *

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- ''2018, 2019'' Leading jockey since 1950 (5 wins): * Pat Taaffe – ''Third Estate (1951), Tumble Weed (1953), Nas Na Riogh (1954), Fortria (1961), Dicky May (1966)'' Leading trainer since 1950 (7 wins): * Willie Mullins - ''Micko's Dream (2001), Golden Silver (2010), Felix Yonger (2015),

(2018,2019), Chacun Pour Soi (2021), Energumene (2022) ''

Winners since 1980

Earlier winners

* 1950 – Melman * 1951 – Third Estate * 1952 – Clonfert * 1953 – Tumble Weed * 1954 – Nas Na Riogh * 1955 – Shower of Silver * 1956 – Shower of Silver * 1957 – Jack's the Boy * 1958 – Hern's Gift * 1959 – Marchioness Bay * 1960 – Some Other Day * 1961 – Fortria * 1962 –

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* 1963 –

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* 1964 – Flying Wind * 1965 – Belle Artiste * 1966 – Dicky May * 1967 – Ronan * 1968 –

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* 1969 – Muir * 1970 – Muir * 1971 – East Bound * 1972 – Skymas * 1973 – Skymas * 1974 – Tingle Creek * 1975 –

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* 1976 – High School * 1977 – Simaroon * 1978 –

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* 1979 – Scottish Maid

References

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Records

Winners since 1980

Earlier winners

See also

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