Dawn Run
| Dawn Run | |
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| Sire | Deep Run |
| Grandsire | Pampered King |
| Dam | Twilight Slave |
| Damsire | Artic Slave |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1978 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | John Riordan |
| Owner | Charmian Hill |
| Trainer | Paddy Mullins |
| Record | 35: 21- |
| Major wins | |
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Ascot Hurdle (1983) Christmas Hurdle (1983) Irish Champion Hurdle (1984) Champion Hurdle (1984) Aintree Hurdle (1984) French Champion Hurdle (1984) Durkan Brothers Chase (1985) Cheltenham Gold Cup (1986) |
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| Honours | |
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Dawn Run Mares Novice Chase at Limerick Racecourse Dawn Run Mares' Novices' Hurdle at Cheltenham Racecourse |
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Dawn Run (1978–1986) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse (Deep Run - Twilight Slave) who was the most successful racemare in the history of National Hunt racing. She won the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in 1984 and the Cheltenham Gold Cup over fences at the festival in 1986. Dawn Run was the only racehorse ever to complete the Champion Hurdle - Gold Cup double. She was only the second mare to win the Champion Hurdle (and one of only four to win it in total), and one of only four who have won the Cheltenham Gold Cup. She was the only horse ever to complete the English, Irish and French Champion Hurdle treble.
A daughter of the highly successful National Hunt sire Deep Run, Dawn Run was bought for 5,800 guineas and trained by Paddy Mullins in Ireland.
She started her career at the age of four, running in flat races at provincial courses. She was ridden in her first three races by her 62-year-old owner, Charmian Hill. After completing a hat-trick of wins on the flat, she set out on her hurdling career and progressed through the ranks to become champion novice hurdler in Britain and Ireland.
In her second season, she won eight of her nine races, including the English Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham, the Irish Champion Hurdle at Leapardstown, both over two miles, and the French Champion Hurdle (Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil) at Auteuil over three miles, becoming the first horse to complete the treble. Her other big victories that season included the Christmas Hurdle (2 miles) at Kempton, in which she beat the reigning Champion Hurdler Gaye Brief by a neck after a duel up the home stretch, the Sandemans Hurdle at Aintree Racecourse (2 miles 5½ furlongs), which she won in a canter by fifteen lengths, and the Prix La Barka at Auteuil.
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