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Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle

Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle

Hurdle horse race in Britain

The Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years. It is run at Aintree over a distance of about 2 miles and 1 furlong (2 miles and 209 yards, or 3,410 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.

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2023
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During the 1960s and early 1970s the race was called the Lancashire Hurdle, and it was subsequently known by several different sponsored titles. For a period it was classed at Grade 2 level, and it was promoted to Grade 1 status in 2005.

The Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle usually features horses which ran previously in the Triumph Hurdle, and the last to win both events was Pentland Hills in 2019.

Records

Leading jockey since 1977 (3 wins):

  • Tony McCoy – Zabadi (1996), Hors La Loi III (1999), Binocular (2008)
  • Robert Thornton – Katchit (2007), Walkon (2009), Grumeti (2012)

Leading trainer since 1977 (4 wins):

  • Alan King – Katchit (2007), Walkon (2009), Grumeti (2012), L'Unique (2013)
  • Paul Nicholls - Le Duc (2003), Zarkandar (2011), All Yours (2015), Monmiral (2021)
  • Nicky Henderson - Binocular (2008), We Have A Dream (2018), Pentland Hills (2019), Sir Gino (2024)

Winners since 1976

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  1. The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom[1]
  2. Pied Piper dead-heated for first place in 2022 but was placed second after a stewards' enquiry

Earlier winners

  • 1960 – Clasping / Scarab [lower-alpha 1]
  • 1961 – Anzio
  • 1962 – Imperator
  • 1963 – Running Rock
  • 1964 – Crown Prince
  • 1965 – Eurotas
  • 1966 – (Div 1) – The Spaniard
  • 1966 – (Div 2) – Chancer
  • 1967 – Chaou II
  • 1968 – Golden Duck
  • 1969 – Clever Scot
  • 1970 – Tudor Dance
  • 1971 – True Luck
  • 1972 – Be My Guest
  • 1973 – Reclaim
  • 1974 – Perama
  • 1975 – Wovoka
  1. The 1960 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April". BBC Sport. 17 March 2020.
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