The Tied Cottage Chase was a Grade 2

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that takes place in

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. It was run at

Punchestown Racecourse Punchestown Racecourse is located in the parish of Eadestown, between the R410 and R411 Regional road (Ireland), regional roads near Naas, County Kildare, in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is known as the home of Irish Jumps Racing and plays ...

in late January or early February each year, over a distance of 2 miles with 11 fences. The race was named after Tied Cottage, a National Hunt horse who won the event in 1980. The race was founded in 1999 and was recently sponsored by Boylesports. The race was last run in February 2017, as it was replaced by the Dublin Chase at the new Leopardstown Dublin Festival in 2018.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins): * Moscow Flyer – ''2003, 2005'' * Sizing Europe - ''2012, 2013'' Leading

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(4 wins): *

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– ''Moscow Flyer (2003, 2005), Native Scout (2004), Big Zeb (2010)'' *

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- ''Nickname (2007), Arvika Ligeonniere (2014), Felix Yonger (2016), Douvan (2017)'' Leading trainer (4 wins): *

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- ''Golden Silver (2011), Arvika Ligeonniere (2014), Felix Yonger (2016), Douvan (2017)''

Winners

References

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