Challow Novices' Hurdle

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The Challow Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above novices run over a distance of 2 miles 5 furlongs (4,225 metres) at Newbury Racecourse in late December / early January. There are eleven hurdles to be jumped in the race.

[edit] Winners since 1987-88

  • actual year of race highlighted in bold - when in January, the minimum age is 5-y-o
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer
1987-88 Slalom 7 John White Michael Robinson
1988-89 Green Willow 6 Peter Hobbs Josh Gifford
1989-90 Forest Sun 4 Jimmy Frost Toby Balding
1990-91 Tyrone Bridge 4 Richard Dunwoody Martin Pipe
1991-92 Lift and Load 4 Graham McCourt Richard Hannon
1992-93 Lord Relic 7 Peter Scudamore Martin Pipe
1993-94 Large Action 6 Jamie Osborne Oliver Sherwood
1994-95 Berude Not To 5 Jamie Osborne Oliver Sherwood
no race 1995-96 to 1997-98
1998-99 King's Road 6 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies
1999-00 Bindaree * 5 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies
no race 2000-01
2001-02 Classified 5 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
2002-03 Coolnagorna 5 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill
2003-04 Cornish Rebel 6 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2004-05 Brewster 7 David Dennis Ian Williams
2005-06 Denman * 6 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2006-07 Wichita Lineman 5 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill

* The 1999-00 and 2005-06 races took place at Cheltenham Racecourse.

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