400 metres hurdles to 400 metres, or one lap of the stadium, and the number of hurdles was reduced to ten. The official height of the hurdles was set to 91.4 cm (3 feet) for men and 76.20 cm (2 ft, 6 inches) for women. The hurdles were now placed on the course with a run-up to the first hurdle of 45 metres, a distance between the hurdles of 35 metres each, and a home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line of 40 metres. The first documented 400 m hurdles race for women took place in 1971. The International Association
Leamington Novices' Hurdle Leamington Novices' Hurdle The Leamington Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Warwick over a distance of about 2 miles and 5 furlongs , and during its running there are eleven hurdles to be jumped. The race is for novice hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year in January. It was first run in 2002. Since 2018 the race has been sponsored by the Ballymore Group. The race was abandoned in 2009 because of frost and in