Champion Hurdle Trial

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The Champion Hurdle Trial is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above novices run over a distance of 2 miles (3,219 metres) at Haydock Park Racecourse in January. There are eight hurdles to be jumped in the race.

[edit] Winners since 1988

Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer
1988 race abandoned due to snow
1989 Vicario di Bray 6 Mark Dwyer Jonjo O'Neill
1990 Bank View 5 Graham Bradley Nigel Tinkler
1991 race abandoned due to frost
1992 Granville Again 6 Peter Scudamore Martin Pipe
1993 Jinxy Jack 9 Neale Doughty Gordon W. Richards
1994 Flakey Dove 8 Richard Dunwoody Richard Price
1995 Relkeel 5 Adrian Maguire David Nicholson
1996 Mysilv 6 Jamie Osborne Charles Egerton
1998 Dato Star 7 Lorcan Wyer Malcolm Jefferson
1999 Master Beveled 9 Glenn Tormey David Evans
2000 Dato Star 9 Lorcan Wyer Malcolm Jefferson
2001 no race
2002 Rodock 8 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
2003 Flame Creek 7 Seamus Durack Noel Chance
2004 Rooster Booster 10 Richard Johnson Phillip Hobbs
2005 Inglis Drever 6 Graham Lee Howard Johnson
2006 Al Eile 6 Timmy Murphy John Queally
2007 Afsoun 5 Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson

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