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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Windsor takes leap out of jumping". The Independent. 4 December 1998. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Windsor jumps start Long Walk back". The Guardian. 15 December 2004. Retrieved 24 December 2014.