Challow Novices' Hurdle was opened to older horses from the 1981/82 season onwards. After a hiatus during the mid 1990s, juvenile hurdlers are now excluded from the race. The 1999–00 and 2005–06 runnings took place at Cheltenham. Challow Novices' Hurdle The Challow Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs , and during its running there are ten hurdles to be jumped. The race is for novice hurdlers, and it is scheduled to
Mersey Novices' Hurdle Mersey Novices' Hurdle The Mersey Novices' Hurdle is a Grade One National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Aintree, Merseyside, over a distance of about 2 miles and 4 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 during the Grand National meeting in early April. The distance of the race was cut by a furlong to its present length in 1988. For a period it was