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Next Running: 17th January 2009

Champion Hurdle Trial

The Champion Hurdle Trial is run at Haydock Park racecourse in January. A race for the four year olds and above it has a distance of two miles with eight hurdles to be jumped.

As the name of the race suggests you would expect to gain some insight to which horses will run well in the Champion Hurdle. However this has proved to not be the case as this race has a dismal record for providing us with the winner at Cheltenham some two months later.

However the race is hotly bet on and there is usually not an upset here with the favourites and second favourites usually going on to win.

Race Facts
Age Limit 4yo+
Distance 2m
Entrants Open
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Previous Winners of the Champion Hurdle Trial

Year Winner Jockey Trainer
2008 Meeting Abandoned
2007 Afsoun Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson
2006 Al Eile Timmy Murphy John Queally
2005 Inglis Drever Graham Lee Howard Johnson
2004 Rooster Booster Richard Johnson Phillip Hobbs
2003 Flame Creek Seamus Durack Noel Chance
2002 Rodock Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
2001 No Race
2000 Dato Star Lorcan Wyer Malcolm Jefferson
1999 Master Beveled Glenn Tormey David Evans
1998 Dato Star Lorcan Wyer Malcolm Jefferson

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