instance_of ryanair novice chase
Ryanair Ltd . is an Irish low - ___MASK74___ ___MASK4___ headquartered in Swords , a suburb of Dublin , Ireland , with its primary operational bases at Dublin and London Stansted Airports . In 2016 , Ryanair was both the largest European ___MASK4___ by scheduled passengers carried , and the busiest international ___MASK4___ by passenger numbers . The Ryanair Novice Chase is a Grade ___MASK76___ National Hunt Steeplechase in Ireland which is open to horses aged five years or older . It is run at Punchestown over a distance of about 2 miles ( 3 , 219 metres ) , and during its running there are eleven fences to be jumped . The race is for novice chasers , and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Punchestown Festival in late April or early May . During the 1990s the event was sponsored by the Bank of Ireland and Tripleprint . It was promoted to Grade ___MASK76___ status in 1998 , and its sponsorship was taken over by Swordlestown Stud in 2000 . The present sponsor , Ryanair , began supporting the race in 2010 . The field usually includes horses which ran previously in the Arkle Challenge Trophy at Cheltenham , and the last to win both races was Un de Sceaux in 2015 . Ireland ( Ulster - Scots : ) is an ___MASK67___ in the North Atlantic . It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel , the Irish ___MASK66___ , and St George ' s Channel . Ireland is the second - largest ___MASK67___ of the British Isles , the third - largest in Europe , and the twentieth - largest on Earth . Great Britain , also known as Britain , is a large ___MASK67___ in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe . With an area of , Great Britain is the largest European ___MASK67___ and the ninth - largest in the world . In 2011 the ___MASK67___ had a population of about 61 million people , making it the world ' s third - most populous ___MASK67___ after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan . The ___MASK67___ of Ireland is situated to the west of it , and together these islands , along with over ___MASK76___ , 000 smaller surrounding islands , comprise the British Isles archipelago . Earth , otherwise known as the world , is the third ___MASK32___ from the Sun and the only object in the Universe known to ___MASK49___ life . It is the densest ___MASK32___ in the Solar ___MASK10___ and the largest of the four terrestrial planets . The British Isles are a ___MASK22___ of islands off the north - western ___MASK23___ of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain , Ireland and over ___MASK35___ thousand smaller isles . Situated in the North Atlantic , the islands have a total area of approximately 315 , 159 km , and a combined population of just under 70 million . Two sovereign states are located on the islands : Ireland ( which covers roughly ___MASK18___ - sixths of the island with the same name ) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . The British Isles also include three Crown Dependencies : the Isle of Man and , by tradition , the ___MASK70___ of Jersey and the ___MASK70___ of Guernsey in the Channel Islands , although the latter are not physically a part of the archipelago . Ulster ( or " Cúige Uladh " , Ulster Scots : " Ulstèr " or " Ulster ") is a ___MASK82___ in the north of the island of Ireland . In ancient Ireland , it was one of the fifths ruled by a " rí ruirech ", or " king of over - kings ". St George ' s ___MASK90___ is a ___MASK66___ channel connecting the Irish ___MASK66___ to the north and the Celtic ___MASK66___ to the southwest . The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign ___MASK61___ in western Europe . ___MASK77___ off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the ___MASK67___ of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole ___MASK61___ ), the north - eastern part of the ___MASK67___ of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe ___MASK55___ of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North ___MASK66___ to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic ___MASK66___ to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish ___MASK66___ lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous ___MASK61___ , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated ___MASK61___ in the European Union . Europe is a ___MASK91___ that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " ___MASK91___ " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the ___MASK91___ ' s current overland boundaries . Canada ( French : ) is a ___MASK61___ in the northern half of North America . Its ___MASK84___ provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest ___MASK61___ by total area and the fourth - largest ___MASK61___ by land area . Canada ' s ___MASK81___ with the United States is the world ' s longest land ___MASK81___ . The majority of the ___MASK61___ has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . Canada is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the ___MASK61___ ' s population of 36 million ___MASK53___ is urbanized and live near the southern ___MASK81___ . Its ___MASK57___ is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . A ___MASK72___ , in architecture , is a tall tower on a building , topped by a ___MASK46___ and often incorporating a belfry and other components . Steeples are very common on Christian churches and cathedrals and the use of the term generally connotes a religious structure . They may be stand - alone structures , or incorporated into the entrance or center of the building . Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a ___MASK61___ comprising the mainland of the Australian ___MASK91___ , the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands . It is the world ' s sixth - largest ___MASK61___ by total area . The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea , Indonesia and East Timor to the north ; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north - east ; and New Zealand to the south - east . Australia ' s capital is Canberra , and its largest urban area is Sydney . London Stansted ___MASK6___ is an international ___MASK6___ located at Stansted Mountfitchet in the local ___MASK19___ district of Uttlesford in Essex , northeast of Central London and from the Hertfordshire border . France , officially the French ___MASK55___ , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of France extends from the Mediterranean ___MASK66___ to the English Channel and the North ___MASK66___ , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas France include French Guiana on the South American ___MASK91___ and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . France spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . Dublin is the ___MASK57___ and largest city of Ireland . Dublin is in the province of Leinster on Ireland ' s east coast , at the mouth of the ___MASK40___ Liffey . The city has an urban area population of 1 , 345 , 402 . The population of the Greater Dublin Area , , was 1 , 904 , 806 people . The Irish ___MASK66___ (, , , Ulster - Scots : " Airish ___MASK66___ "), separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain . It is connected to the Celtic ___MASK66___ in the south by St George ' s Channel , and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the North Channel . Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish ___MASK66___ , followed by the Isle of Man . The ___MASK66___ is occasionally , but rarely , referred to as the Manx ___MASK66___ . A steeplechase is a ___MASK16___ ___MASK64___ in which competitors are required to jump diverse fence and ditch obstacles . Steeplechasing is primarily conducted in Ireland ( where it originated ), the United Kingdom , Canada , United States , Australia and France . The name is derived from early races in which orientation of the course was by reference to a church steeple , jumping fences and ditches and generally traversing the many intervening obstacles in the countryside . An ___MASK67___ or isle is any piece of sub - continental land that is surrounded by ___MASK36___ . Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets , skerries , cays or keys . An ___MASK67___ in a ___MASK40___ or a lake ___MASK67___ may be called an eyot or ait , and a small ___MASK67___ off the coast may be called a holm . A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago , e . g . the Philippines .