Challow Novices' Hurdle
| Grade 1 race | |
| Location |
Newbury Racecourse Newbury, England |
|---|---|
| Race type | Hurdle race |
| Sponsor | Betfred |
| Website | Newbury |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2m 5f |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Four-years-old and up |
| Weight | 11 st 7 lb; Allowances 7 lb for fillies and mares |
| Purse |
£40,000 (2016) 1st: £22,780 |
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 5 furlongs (4,225 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 or 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. Ironically, after an hiatus during the mid nineties, juvenile hurdlers are excluded from the race.
1 The 1999–00 and 2005–06 runnings took place at Cheltenham.
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