The Donohue Marquees Juvenile Hurdle is a Grade 2

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hurdle race in Ireland which is open to horses aged four years only. It is run at

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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

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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): *

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- '' Balla Sola (1999), Artist's Muse (2006), Twinlight (2011), French Made (2019) '' Leading trainer since 1988 (8 wins): *

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- '' 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) ''

Winners since 1988

References

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Records

Winners since 1988

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