The Fred Winter Juvenile Novices' Handicap Hurdle, known for sponsorship purposes as the Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle, is a Grade 3
National Hunt
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hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years. It is run on the Old Course at
Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and ½ furlong (2 miles and 87 yards, or 3,298 metres), and during its running there are eight hurdles to be jumped. It is a
handicap race for juvenile
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hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the
Cheltenham Festival
The Cheltenham Festival is a horse racing-based meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom, with race prize money second only to the Grand National. The four-day festival takes place annually in March at Cheltenham Ra ...
in March.
The event is named in memory of
Fred Winter
Frederick Thomas Winter, (20 September 1926 – 5 April 2004) was a British National Hunt racing racehorse jockey and trainer. He was British jump racing Champion Jockey four times and British jump racing Champion Trainer eight times. He is th ...
(1926–2004), who was successful as both a jockey and a
trainer in National Hunt racing. Winter's record at the Cheltenham Festival included seventeen victories as a jockey, and twenty-eight as a trainer.
The Fred Winter Juvenile Hurdle was one of several new races introduced at the Festival when a fourth day was added to the meeting in 2005. It was initially classed at Listed level, and it was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2009.
Records
Leading jockey (2 wins):
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Mark Walsh - ''Aramax (2020), Brazil (2022)''
Leading
trainer (3 wins):
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Paul Nicholls – ''Sanctuaire (2010), Qualando (2015), Diego du Charmil (2016)''
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Gordon Elliott - ''Flaxen Flare (2013), Veneer of Charm (2018), Aramax (2020)''
Winners
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See also
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Horse racing in Great Britain
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List of British National Hunt races
A list of notable National Hunt horse races which take place annually in Great Britain, under the authority of the British Horseracing Authority, including all races which currently hold Grade 1, 2 or 3 status.
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References
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Racing Post:
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pedigreequery.com– ''Fred Winter Juvenile Novices' Hurdle – Cheltenham.''
– ''Racenews Archive (21 February 2008).''
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