The Rossington Main Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Haydock Park over a distance of about 2 miles and 110 yards (3,319 metres), and during its running there are nine hurdles to be jumped. The race is for novice hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year in January.
Prior to 1998 the regular venue of the race was Doncaster. It then continued at Wetherby until it was transferred to its present home, Haydock Park, in 2005.
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
|
| 1988 | Drumlin Hill | 5 | Peter Scudamore | Fred Winter | |
| 1989 | Cruising Altitude | 6 | Simon Sherwood | Oliver Sherwood | |
| 1990 | Peanuts Pet | 5 | Trevor Wall | Bryan McMahon | |
| 1991 | Ruling | 5 | Peter Niven | Fulke Johnson Houghton | |
| no race 1992 | |||||
| 1993 | Frickley | 7 | Neale Doughty | Gordon W. Richards | |
| 1994 | Cumbrian Challenge | 5 | Lorcan Wyer | Peter Easterby | |
| no race 1995–96 | |||||
| 1997 | Le Teteu | 4 | Russ Garritty | Bob Jones | |
| 1998 | Foundry Lane | 7 | Lorcan Wyer | Mary Reveley | |
| 1999 | Tonoco | 6 | Seamus Durack | Sue Smith | |
| 2000 | Dusk Duel | 5 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson | |
| no race 2001–02 | |||||
| 2003 | Rhinestone Cowboy | 7 | Norman Williamson | Jonjo O'Neill | |
| 2004 | Mon Villez | 5 | Andrew Tinkler | Nicky Henderson | |
| 2005 | Roman Ark | 7 | Fergus King | Malcolm Jefferson | |
| 2006 | Nous Voila | 5 | Timmy Murphy | Martin Pipe | |
| 2007 | Amaretto Rose | 6 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson | |
| 2008 | Tazbar [1] | 6 | Phil Kinsella | Keith Reveley | |
| 2009 | Alfie Flits | 7 | Brian Hughes | Alan Swinbank | |
| 2010 | Peddlers Cross | 5 | Jason Maguire | Donald McCain, Jr. | |
| no race 2011 [2] |
1 The 2008 race was switched from Haydock Park to Doncaster.
2 The 2011 race was abandoned due to frost.