The Johnstown Novice Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt horse race in Ireland. It is run at Naas in February over a distance of 2 miles and during the race there are eight hurdles to be jumped. The race was first run in 1989 as a Listed race and it was upgraded to Grade 2 in 2003. The race is currently sponsored by Paddy Power bookmakers and was run in 2011 as the Paddypower.com Novice Hurdle.
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Leading jockeys (4 wins):
Leading trainer (3 wins):
| Year |
Winner |
Jockey |
Trainer |
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| 1989 | Fourth Of July | Niall Madden snr | M O'Toole | ||
| 1990 | Grey Danube | Tommy Carmody | J E Mulhern | ||
| 1991 | Mass Appeal | Charlie Swan | V Bowens | ||
| 1992 | Flashing Steel | Kevin O'Brien | J E Mulhern | ||
| 1993 | Atone | Charlie Swan | J R Cox | ||
| 1994 | Sound Man | Charlie Swan | Edward O'Grady | ||
| no race 1995 | |||||
| no race 1996 | |||||
| 1997 | Delphi Lodge | Conor O'Dwyer | Tom Taaffe | ||
| 1998 | Ballygowan Beauty | P G Hourigan | Michael Hourigan | ||
| 1999 | Sallie's Girl | Barry Geraghty | Noel Meade | ||
| 2000 | No Discount | Charlie Swan | Charlie Swan | ||
| 2001 | Macs Gildoran | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | ||
| 2002 | Tuco | Norman Williamson | David Wachman | ||
| 2003 | Rosaker | Paul Carbery | Noel Meade | ||
| 2004 | Newmill | Barry Geraghty | Thomas Gerard O'Leary | ||
| 2005 | Black Apalachi | John Cullen | Philip Rothwell | ||
| 2006 | Merdeka | Barry Geraghty | Tom Taaffe | ||
| 2007 | Kazal | Barry Geraghty | Eoin Griffin | ||
| 2008 | Coolcashin | Tom Doyle | Michael Bowe | ||
| 2009 | Go Native | Paul Carberry | Noel Meade | ||
| no race 2010 | |||||
| 2011 | Dare To Doubt | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |