Tags: Horse Race, Race.
The Johnstown Novice Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt horse race in Ireland. It is run at Naas in February over a distance of 2 miles and during the race there are eight hurdles to be jumped. The race was first run in 1989 as a Listed race and it was upgraded to Grade 2 in 2003. The race is currently sponsored by Paddy Power bookmakers and has been run since 2011 as the Paddypower.com Novice Hurdle.
