New Year's Day Hurdle
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The New Year's Day Hurdle was a National Hunt hurdle race in England which was open to horses aged four years and older. It was run at Windsor over a distance of 2 miles (3,218 metres), and was scheduled to take place each year on New Year's Day (January 1).
The race was first run in 1975 and was last run in 1998, when Windsor stopped hosting National Hunt racing.[1] National Hunt racing returned to Windsor temporarily in 2004 when Ascot was closed for renovations, and Windsor hosted the Long Walk Hurdle.[2]
The race was initially a Conditions race, attracting high quality hurdlers, but became a Limited Handicap in 1993, reduced to an ordinary handicap in 1998.
Winners[edit]
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
| 1975 | Flash Imp | 6 | P Beasant | Ron Smyth |
| 1976 | Comedy of Errors | 9 | Ken White | Fred Rimell |
| 1977 | Strombolus | 6 | Ron Barry | Peter Bailey |
| 1978 | Beacon Light | 7 | Andy Turnell | Bob Turnell |
| 1979 | Abandoned because of snow | |||
| 1980 | Abandoned because of frost | |||
| 1981 | Celtic Ryde | 6 | Hywel Davies | Peter Cundell |
| 1982 | Celtic Ryde | 7 | Hywel Davies | Peter Cundell |
| 1983 | Sula Bula | 5 | Tim Easterby | Peter Easterby |
| 1984 | Secret Ballot | 9 | E Waite | Andy Turnell |
| 1985 | Ra Nova | 6 | Richard Dunwoody | Nan Kennedy |
| 1986 | Southemair | 6 | Alan Webb | Peter Haynes |
| 1987 | Ra Nova | 8 | Mark Perrett | Ian Matthews |
| 1988 | Celtic Shot | 6 | Peter Scudamore | Fred Winter |
| 1989 | Wishlon | 6 | Ian Shoemark | Ron Smyth |
| 1990 | Aldino | 7 | Jamie Osborne | Oliver Sherwood |
| 1991 | Royal Derbi | 6 | Declan Murphy | Neville Callaghan |
| 1992 | Shu Fly | 8 | A Jones | Sally Oliver |
| 1993 | Muse | 6 | Antony Procter | David Elsworth |
| 1994 | Absalom's Lady | 6 | Paul Holley | David Elsworth |
| 1995 | Abandoned due to frost | |||
| 1996 | Abandoned due to frost | |||
| 1997 | Abandoned due to frost | |||
| 1998 | Halona | 8 | Dean Gallagher | C Morlock |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Windsor takes leap out of jumping". The Independent. 4 December 1998. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Windsor jumps start Long Walk back". The Guardian. 15 December 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2014.