An Riocht Chase
| 2025 | ||
| Hercule Du Seuil | Blood Destiny | Jesse Evans |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ||
| Ash Tree Meadow | French Dynamite | Gentleman De Mee |
| 2023 | ||
| Saint Sam | Effernock Fizz | Telmesomethinggirl |
| 2022 | ||
| Easy Game | Melon | Gin On Lime |
| 2021 | ||
| Samcro | Cilaos Emery | Peregrine Run |
| 2020-2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Peregrine Run | Robin Des Foret | Paloma Blue |
| 2019 | ||
| Peregrine Run | Jett | Mrs Lovett |
| 2018 | ||
| Ballyoisin | Alisier D'Irlande | Shaneshill |
| 2017 | ||
| Ballycasey | Rock The World | Devils Bride |
| 2016 | ||
| Clarcam | The Game Changer | Viconte Du Noyer |
The An Riocht Chase is a Grade 3 National Hunt steeplechase in Ireland. It is run at Killarney in May, over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (4,073 metres) and during its running there are 14 fences to be jumped.
The race was first run at Grade 3 level in 2016 having previously been an ungraded conditions race.[1] An Riocht is Gaelic for The Kingdom.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Peregrine Run – 2019, 2020
Most successful jockey (2 wins):
- Kevin Sexton - Peregrine Run (2019, 2020)
- Jack Kennedy - Clarcam (2016), Samcro (2021)
Most successful trainer (4 wins):
- Willie Mullins - Ballycasey (2017), Easy Game (2022), Saint Sam (2023), Hercule Du Seuil (2025)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Clarcam | 6 | 11-02 | Jack Kennedy | Gordon Elliott |
| 2017 | Ballycasey | 10 | 11-10 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins |
| 2018 | Ballyoisin | 7 | 11-02 | Barry Geraghty | Enda Bolger |
| 2019 | Peregrine Run | 9 | 11-02 | Kevin Sexton | Peter Fahey |
| 2020 | Peregrine Run[a] | 10 | 11-10 | Kevin Sexton | Peter Fahey |
| 2021 | Samcro | 9 | 12-00 | Jack Kennedy | Denise Foster |
| 2022 | Easy Game | 8 | 11-08 | Brian Hayes | Willie Mullins |
| 2023 | Saint Sam | 6 | 11-03 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2024 | Ash Tree Meadow | 8 | 11-08 | Sam Ewing | Gordon Elliott |
| 2025 | Hercule Du Seuil | 8 | 11-00 | Mark Walsh | Willie Mullins |
- ^ The 2020 race was run in July due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
See also
References
- ^ "HRI announces enhancements to National Hunt Pattern for 2015/16 Season". Course-Specialist. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2017.