Christmas Hurdle
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The Christmas Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above horses. It is run over a distance of 2 miles (3,219 metres) at Kempton Park Racecourse during the King George VI Chase meeting on Boxing Day. There are eight hurdles to be jumped in the race.
[edit] Winners since 1979
- Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
| 1979 | Bird's Nest | 9 | Andrew Turnell | Bob Turnell |
| 1980 | Celtic Ryde | 5 | John Francome | Peter Cundell |
| no race 1981 * | ||||
| 1982 | Ekbalco | 6 | Jonjo O'Neill | Roger Fisher |
| 1983 | Dawn Run | 5 | Jonjo O'Neill | Paddy Mullins |
| 1984 | Browne's Gazette | 6 | Dermot Browne | Monica Dickinson |
| 1985 | Aonoch | 6 | Jimmy Duggan | Sally Oliver |
| 1986 | Nohalmdun | 5 | Peter Scudamore | Peter Easterby |
| 1987 | Osric | 5 | Graham McCourt | Mick Ryan |
| 1988 | Kribensis | 4 | Richard Dunwoody | Michael Stoute |
| 1989 | Kribensis | 5 | Richard Dunwoody | Michael Stoute |
| 1990 | Fidway | 5 | Steve Smith Eccles | Tim Thomson Jones |
| 1991 | Gran Alba | 5 | Graham McCourt | Richard Hannon |
| 1992 | Mighty Mogul | 5 | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson |
| 1993 | Muse | 6 | Mark Richards | David Elsworth |
| 1994 | Absalom's Lady | 6 | Paul Holley | David Elsworth |
| no race 1995-96 | ||||
| 1997 | Kerawi | 4 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 1998 | French Holly | 7 | Andrew Thornton | Ferdy Murphy |
| 1999 | Dato Star | 8 | Lorcan Wyer | Malcolm Jefferson |
| 2000 | Geos | 5 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
| 2001 | Landing Light | 6 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
| 2002 | Intersky Falcon | 5 | Charlie Swan | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2003 | Intersky Falcon | 6 | Liam Cooper | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2004 | Harchibald | 5 | Paul Carberry | Noel Meade |
| 2005 | Feathard Lady * | 5 | Ruby Walsh | Colm Murphy |
| 2006 | Jazz Messenger | 6 | Niall Madden | Noel Meade |
| 2007 | Straw Bear | 6 | Tony McCoy | Nick Gifford |
* The 1981 race was abandoned because of frost.
* The 2005 race took place at Sandown Park as Kempton Park was closed for re-development.
