An Riocht Chase
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| 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 |
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.
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)