Key race -Hennessy Gold Cup Leopardstown -Sunday - winner Joncol

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Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup (Ireland) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in Ireland which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 3 miles (4,828 metres), and during its running there are seventeen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in February. The event was first run in 1987, and it was originally titled the Vincent O'Brien Irish Gold Cup. It was named after Vincent O'Brien (born 1917), who was a successful racehorse trainer. The present title was introduced in 1991, when Hennessy began sponsoring the race. It is often now referred to as the Irish Hennessy, as there is also a long-established chase in Great Britain called the Hennessy Gold Cup. Throughout its history the race has served as a leading trial for the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Two horses have won both events in the same year – Jodami (1993) and Imperial Call (1996).

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[edit] Records

• Most successful horse – Florida Pearl, 4 wins (1999, 2000, 2001, 2004)
• Most successful jockey – Mark Dwyer, 4 wins (1987, 1993, 1994, 1995)
• Most successful trainer – Willie Mullins, 6 wins (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005)

[edit] Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer
1987	Forgive 'n Forget	10	Mark Dwyer	Jimmy FitzGerald
1988	Playschool	10	Paul Nicholls	David Barons
1989	Carvill's Hill	7	Ken Morgan	Jim Dreaper
1990	Nick the Brief	8	Martin Lynch	John Upson
1991	Nick the Brief	9	Robbie Supple	John Upson
1992	Carvill's Hill	10	Peter Scudamore	Martin Pipe
1993	Jodami	8	Mark Dwyer	Peter Beaumont
1994	Jodami	9	Mark Dwyer	Peter Beaumont
1995	Jodami	10	Mark Dwyer	Peter Beaumont
1996	Imperial Call	7	Conor O'Dwyer	Fergie Sutherland
1997	Danoli	9	Tommy Treacy	Tom Foley
1998	Dorans Pride	9	Richard Dunwoody	Michael Hourigan
1999	Florida Pearl	7	Richard Dunwoody	Willie Mullins
2000	Florida Pearl	8	Paul Carberry	Willie Mullins
2001	Florida Pearl	9	Richard Johnson	Willie Mullins
2002	Alexander Banquet	9	Barry Geraghty	Willie Mullins
2003	Beef or Salmon	7	Timmy Murphy	Michael Hourigan
2004	Florida Pearl	12	Richard Johnson	Willie Mullins
2005	Rule Supreme	9	David Casey	Willie Mullins
2006	Beef or Salmon	10	Paul Carberry	Michael Hourigan
2007	Beef or Salmon	11	Andrew J. McNamara	Michael Hourigan
2008	The Listener	9	Daryl Jacob	Robert & Sally Alner
2009	Neptune Collonges	8	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls

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Re: Key race -Hennessy Gold Cup Punchestown -Sunday Sorry , that should of course be LEOPARDSTOWN