Prize boost for Irish Grand National

Next year’s Powers Gold Label Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse will be Ireland’s richest jumps race after a cash boost has taken it up to €250,000 in value.

Prize boost for Irish Grand National
Tue, 16 Nov, 2004 - 14:03

Next year’s Powers Gold Label Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse will be Ireland’s richest jumps race after a cash boost has taken it up to €250,000 in value.

The three-mile-five-furlong marathon, which traditionally takes place on Easter Monday, was worth €180,000 when Ferdy Murphy’s Granit D’Estruval obliged last season.

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