The Nas Na Riogh Novice Chase is a Grade B

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. It is run at

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in February, over a distance of 2 miles and 4

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and during the race there are 13 fences to be jumped. The race was first run in 1981 as a Listed race restricted to

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, and was initially known as the Nas Na Ri Chase. The race was renamed in 1996, and was upgraded to Grade 2 status in 2003. In 2015 the race was downgraded to a

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(4 wins): *

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- '' Thyne Again (2008), Roi Du Mee (2011), Rathlin (2012), Sweeney Tunes (2013) '' Most successful trainer (3 wins): *

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– '' Alexander Banquet (2000), Kempes (2010), Mozoltov (2014) '' * Paul Nolan - '' Joncol (2009), Sweeney Tunes (2013), Fitzhenry (2018) ''

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* ''Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".''

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