River Don Novices' Hurdle was 2 miles and 4 furlongs (4,023 metres), and there were ten hurdles to jump. The race has been sponsored since 2007 by the Albert Bartlett vegetable growing company, The 2006 and 2007 runnings took place at Wetherby. ---- River Don Novices' Hurdle The River Don Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Doncaster Racecourse over a distance of about 3 miles and 110 yards (4,929 metres), and during its running there are eleven hurdles to be jumped. The race
Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles Rollins. Between the fourth and sixth hurdles, Castlin got rolling, gaining and then passing Pedrya Seymour, Porter and finally over the last hurdle, Ofili. Rollins had a clear one metre victory. On the run in, Castlin came very close to Ali as Ofili gave her best desperate lean. It was an American sweep. The United States has swept the men's 110 metres hurdles six times, this was the first time for women and the first time the women's event has been swept by any country. It was also the first time that the United States has swept the medals in