Champion Hurdle Trial
The Champion Hurdle Trial 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 1 mile 7½ furlongs (1 mile 7 furlongs and 144 yards, or 3,149 metres), and during its running there are nine hurdles to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in January. It is currently sponsored by Unibet. Since the 2019 running the race has carried the name of The New One, a racehorse who had won race every year from 2015 to 2018.
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| Navajo Pass | Buveur D'Air | Ballyandy |
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| Ballyandy | Pentland Hills | Cornerstone Lad |
| 2019 | ||
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| Global Citizen | Silver Streak | Western Ryder |
| 2018 | ||
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| The New One | Ch'tibello | Unison |
| 2017 | ||
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| The New One | Clyne | L'Ami Serge |
| 2016 | ||
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| The New One | Rayvin Black | Melodic Rendezvous |
| 2015 | ||
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| The New One | Bertimont | Strongpoint |
| 2014 | ||
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| Melodic Rendezvous | Ptit Zig | Jumps Road |
| 2012 | ||
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| Celestial Halo | Desert Cry | Marsh Warbler |
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| Medermit | Punjabi | Afsoun |
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| Songe | Afsoun | Snap Tie |
| 2007 | ||
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| Afsoun | The French Furze | Overstrand |
| 2006 | ||
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| Al Eile | Mister McGoldrick | Faasel |
| 2005 | ||
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| Inglis Drever | Mister McGoldrick | The French Furze |
| 2004 | ||
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| Rooster Booster | Hasty Prince | Specular |
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| Flame Creek | October Mist | Ilnamar |
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| Rodock | The French Furze | Hunters Tweed |
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| 2000 | ||
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| Dato Star | Relkeel | Master Beveled |
| 1999 | ||
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| Master Beveled | Wahiba Sands | Toto Toscato |
| 1998 | ||
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| Dato Star | Collier Bay | Blowing Wind |
| 1997 | ||
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| Mistinguett | Dato Star | Bimsey |
| 1996 | ||
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| Mysilv | Atours | Pridwell |
| 1995 | ||
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| Relkeel | Flakey Dove | Great Marquess |
| 1994 | ||
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| Flakey Dove | Tiananmen Square | Sybillin |
| 1993 | ||
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| Jinxy Jack | Coulton | Royal Derbi |
| 1992 | ||
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| Granville Again | Winnie The Witch | Mardood |
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| Bank View | Vicario Di Bray | Milford Quay |
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| Vicario Di Bray | Celtic Shot | Floyd |
The race was first run in 1981, and was awarded Grade 2 status in 2003.
The Champion Hurdle Trial is the third leg in the Unibet-sponsored Road to Cheltenham, and the final race of the series before the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The other two races in the Road to Cheltenham are the Fighting Fifth Hurdle and the International Hurdle.
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
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| 1981 | Starfen | 9 | Tim Easterby[lower-alpha 1] | Peter Easterby |
| 1982 | Gaye Chance | 7 | Sam Morshead | Mercy Rimell |
| 1983 | Ekbalco | 7 | Jonjo O'Neill | Roger Fisher |
| 1984 | Abandoned because of frost | |||
| 1985 | Abandoned because of frost | |||
| 1986 | Humberside Lady | 5 | Mark Dwyer | Geoff Huffer |
| 1987 | Nohalmdun | 6 | Lorcan Wyer | Peter Easterby |
| 1988 | Abandoned because of snow | |||
| 1989 | Vicario di Bray | 6 | Mark Dwyer | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 1990 | Bank View | 5 | Graham Bradley | Nigel Tinkler |
| 1991 | Abandoned because of frost | |||
| 1992 | Granville Again | 6 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1993 | Jinxy Jack | 9 | Neale Doughty | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1994 | Flakey Dove | 8 | Richard Dunwoody | Richard Price |
| 1995 | Relkeel | 6 | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
| 1996 | Mysilv | 6 | Jamie Osborne | Charles Egerton |
| 1997 | Mistinguett | 5 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 1998 | Dato Star | 7 | Lorcan Wyer | Malcolm Jefferson |
| 1999 | Master Beveled | 9 | Glenn Tormey | David Evans |
| 2000 | Dato Star | 9 | Lorcan Wyer | Malcolm Jefferson |
| 2001 | Abandoned due to frost | |||
| 2002 | Rodock | 8 | Tony McCoy | Martin Pipe |
| 2003 | Flame Creek | 7 | Seamus Durack | Noel Chance |
| 2004 | Rooster Booster | 10 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
| 2005 | Inglis Drever | 6 | Graham Lee | Howard Johnson |
| 2006 | Al Eile | 6 | Timmy Murphy | John Queally |
| 2007 | Afsoun | 5 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
| 2008 | Abandoned because of waterlogging | |||
| 2009 | Songe | 5 | Tom Siddall | Charlie Longsdon |
| 2010 | Medermit | 6 | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2011 | Abandoned because of frost | |||
| 2012 | Celestial Halo | 8 | Daryl Jacob | Paul Nicholls |
| 2013 | Abandoned because of snow | |||
| 2014 | Melodic Rendezvous | 8 | Nick Scholfield | Jeremy Scott |
| 2015 | The New One | 7 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2016 | The New One | 8 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2017 | The New One | 9 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2018 | The New One | 10 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2019 | Global Citizen | 7 | David Bass | Ben Pauling |
| 2020 | Ballyandy | 9 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2021 | Navajo Pass | 5 | Sean Quinlan | Donald McCain Jr |
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