Challow Novices' Hurdle

The Challow Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (2 miles 4 furlongs and 118 yards, or 4,131 metres), and during its running there are ten hurdles to be jumped. The race is for novice hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late December. Prior to 1999 the race was sometimes run in early January. Initially contested as a two mile juvenile hurdle (restricted to horses who were three years old at the start of the season), the race was opened to older horses from the 1981–82 season onwards.[1] After a hiatus during the mid 1990s, juvenile hurdlers are now excluded from the race.

Challow Hurdle
Grade 1 race
LocationNewbury Racecourse
Newbury, England
Race typeHurdle race
SponsorMansionBet
WebsiteNewbury
Race information
Distance2m 4f 118y (4,131 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFour-years-old and up
Weight11 st 7 lb;
Allowances
7 lb for fillies and mares
Purse£40,000 (2020)
1st: £22,780
Challow Novices' Hurdle
2020
Bravemansgame Star Gate The Glancing Queen

Records

Leading jockey since 1971 (6 wins):

  • Tony McCoyClassified (2002), Coolnagorna (2003), Wichita Lineman (2007), Backspin (2011), Taquin du Seuil (2013), Captain Cutter (2014)

Leading trainer since 1971 (4 wins):

Winners since 1970–71

  • actual year of race highlighted in bold – when in January, the minimum age is 5-y-o
Season
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
19701971 True Luck 4 Ken White Fred Rimell
19711972 Official 3 Clive Bailey Toby Balding
19721973 Glorious Fifteenth 3 Terry Biddlecombe Ron Smyth
19731974 Ashendene 3 Redvers Weaver George Vergette
19741975 Benroy 3 David Mould Haynes
19751976 Havanus 4 Bob Davies David Morley
19761977Abandoned due to Frost
19771978 Pollerton 3 Steve Smith-Eccles Harry Thomson Jones
19781979 Snowtown Boy 3 Roger Rowell Auriol Sinclair
19791980 Celtic Isle 3 Eddie Woods[lower-alpha 1] Fred Rimell
19801981 Highway 4 Bob Davies David Morley
19811982 Right Regent 4 Colin Brown David Elsworth
19821983 Ambiance 4 Peter Scudamore Peter Bailey
19831984 Catch Phrase 5 Peter Double Josh Gifford
19841985 The Breener 5 Simon Sherwood Oliver Sherwood
19851986Abandoned due to Frost
19861987 Bonanza Boy 6 Peter Hobbs Philip Hobbs
19871988 Slalom 7 John White Michael Robinson
19881989 Green Willow 6 Peter Hobbs Josh Gifford
19891990 Forest Sun 4 Jimmy Frost Toby Balding
19901991 Tyrone Bridge 4 Richard Dunwoody Martin Pipe
19911992 Lift and Load 4 Graham McCourt Richard Hannon Sr.
19921993 Lord Relic 7 Peter Scudamore Martin Pipe
19931994 Large Action 6 Jamie Osborne Oliver Sherwood
19941995 Berude Not To 5 Jamie Osborne Oliver Sherwood
19951996Abandoned due to Frost
19961997Abandoned due to Frost
19971998Abandoned due to Waterlogging
19981999 King's Road 6 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies
19992000 Bindaree [lower-alpha 2] 5 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies
20002001Abandoned due to Frost and Snow
20012002 Classified 5 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
20022003 Coolnagorna 5 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill
20032004 Cornish Rebel 6 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
20042005 Brewster 7 David Dennis Ian Williams
20052006 Denman [lower-alpha 2] 6 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
20062007 Wichita Lineman 5 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill
20072008 Souffleur 4 Tom O'Brien Peter Bowen
20082009 Diamond Harry 5 Timmy Murphy Nick Williams
20092010 Reve de Sivola 4 Daryl Jacob Nick Williams
2010-2011 Backspin 5 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill
2011-2012 Fingal Bay 5 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs
2012-2013 Taquin du Seuil 5 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill
2013-2014 Captain Cutter 6 Tony McCoy Nicky Henderson
2014-2015 Parlour Games 6 Noel Fehily John Ferguson
2015-2016 Barters Hill 5 David Bass Ben Pauling
2016-2017 Messire Des Obeaux 4 Daryl Jacob Alan King
2017-2018 Poetic Rhythm 6 Paddy Brennan Fergal O'Brien
2018-2019 Champ 6 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson
2019-2020 Thyme Hill 5 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs
2020-2021 Bravemansgame 5 Harry Cobden Paul Nicholls
  1. amateur jockey
  2. The 1999–00 and 2005–06 runnings took place at Cheltenham

See also

References

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