The Guinness Kerry National is the feature and most valuable race at the Listowel Harvest Festival and for many marks the end of the summer jumping season and the beginning of the Irish National Hunt season proper.
The Kerry National roll of honour includes subsequent Aintree Grand National Winner Montys Pass and Cheltenham Festival Winner Doran’s Pride. Grand National 2016 Winner – Rule the World was third here in 2015
It is run on the Wednesday of the Festival.
Kerry National Stats
- Gigginstown owned horses have won successive reneals from 2015-2017
- Alfa Beat and Ponmeoath have been dual winners since 2007
- Between 2003 and 2011 winners were all aged 8 or younger. The next three bucked this trend but three 7 year olds have won since.
- Winners have come from both ends of the weights – the bottom weight has won the last two renewals
- Jockeys enjoying multiple success in the Listowel feature have been Lisa O’Neill the now retired Ruby Walsh (4 wins) and Barry Geraghty (3 Wins).
- This race is one of a the few big Irish handicaps never won by a JP McManus owned horse
- Eric McNamara has trained 3 winners since 2007
- Willie Mullins trained back to back winners in 2005/6 but none since
- Gordon Elliott has Trained two of the last four winners
Kerry National Winners 1997- 2019
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | OR | SP |
| 2019 | Poker Party | 7 | Rachael Blackmore | Henry De Bromhead | 10-5 | 138 | 14/1 |
| 2018 | Snow Falcon | 8 | J M Moore | Noel Meade | 11-5 | 148 | 6/1 |
| 2017 | Potters Point | 7 | L O Neill (7) | Gordon Elliott | 10-0 | 139 | 8/1 |
| 2016 | Wrath of Titans | 7 | L O’Neill (7) | Gordon Elliott | 9-3 | 128 | 7-1 |
| 2015 | Rogue Angel | 7 | G N Fox (3) | Mouse Morris | 10-4 | 133 | 8-1 |
| 2014 | Your Busy | 11 | K Walsh | Nash, J | 9-12 | 126 | 25-1 |
| 2013 | White Star Line | 9 | A E Lynch | Hughes D | 10-4 | 130 | 16-1 |
| 2012 | Faltering Fullback | 9 | DE Mullins | McNamara, E | 9-12 | 117 | 33-1 |
| 2011 | Alfa Beat (IRE) | 7 | BJ Geraghty | Hanlon, J J | 11-03 | 148 | 20-1 |
| 2010 | Alfa Beat (IRE) | 6 | BJ Geraghty | Byrnes, C | 10-10 | 137 | 6-1 |
| 2009 | Northern Alliance (IRE) | 8 | R Walsh | Martin, A J | 11-02 | 140 | 4-1 |
| 2008 | Ponmeoath (IRE) | 8 | PW Flood | McNamara, E | 10-05 | 135 | 9-1 |
| 2007 | Ponmeoath (IRE) | 7 | PW Flood | McNamara, E | 10-01 | 127 | 14-1 |
| 2006 | Bothar Na (IRE) | 7 | R Walsh | Mullins, W P | 10-13 | 127 | 10-1 |
| 2005 | Euro Leader (IRE) | 7 | R Walsh | Mullins, W P | 12-0 | 133 | 11-2 |
| 2004 | Banasan (IRE) | 6 | R Walsh | OBrien, M J P | 11-0 | 126 | 7-1 |
| 2003 | Native Performance (IRE) | 8 | T Murphy | Hourigan, M | 9-12 | 117 | 8-1 |
| 2002 | Montys Pass (IRE) | 9 | BJ Geraghty | Mangan, J J | 11-09 | 130 | 9-1 |
| 2001 | More Than A Stroll (IRE) | 9 | C O’Dwyer | Moore, A L T | 10-06 | 123 | 14-1 |
| 2000 | Macs Supreme (IRE) | 8 | T Murphy | Murphy, F (UK) | 10-09 | 111 | 6-1 |
| 1999 | Lanturn (IRE) | 9 | PA Carberry | Hughes, P | 9-00 | 128 | 7-1 |
| 1998 | Treble Bob (IRE) | 8 | JR Barry | Weld, D K | 9-12 | 112 | 8-1 |
| 1997 | Dorans Pride (IRE) | 8 | R Dunwoody | Hourigan, M | 12-0 | 0 | 5-4 |
