Fergus O'Toole Memorial Novice Hurdle
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The Fergus O'Toole Memorial Novice Hurdle is a Listed National Hunt novice hurdle race in Ireland which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Limerick over a distance of about 2 miles and 5 furlongs (4,224 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.
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2023 | ||
High Class Hero | The Big Doyen | The Wallpark |
Previous years | ||
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2022 | ||
Plains Indian | The Friday Man | Another Choice |
2021 | ||
Off Your Rocco | The Little Yank | The Dara Man |
The race was first run in 2001 and was awarded Grade 3 status in 2011. It was downgraded to Listed status from 2016. The race was sponsored by Newenham Mulligan Architects from 2001 to 2009. It was later named in memory of a local businessman, Fergus O'Toole, who died in 2010. In 2017 and 2018 the race was run as the Dunraven Arms Hotel Novice Hurdle and it was 2019 it was named the Ladbrokes Where The Nation Plays Novice Hurdle. Since 2020 it has been run as the Bluegrass Horse Feed Novice Hurdle.