Top Novices' Hurdle
Appearance
2016 | ||
Buveur D'air | Petit Mouchoir | Limini |
The Top Novices' Hurdle is a Grade One National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Aintree 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 during the Grand National meeting in early April.
The field usually includes horses which ran previously in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, and the last to achieve victory in both events was Browne's Gazette in 1984. The Top Novices' Hurdle was upgraded to Grade One by the British Horseracing Authority from its 2016 running.[1]
Winners
- Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".
See also
References
- ^ "Aintree's two mile novices' hurdle elevated to Grade 1 status as the BHA announces upgrades to Jump Pattern races for 2015/16 / 07 Jul 15". britishhorseracing.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- aintree.co.uk – 2010 John Smith's Grand National Media Guide.
- pedigreequery.com – Top Novices' Hurdle – Aintree.