The Finale Juvenile Hurdle is a Grade 2

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hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged three years. It is run at

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over a distance of about 2 miles (2 miles and 11 yards, or 3,228 metres), and during its running there are eight hurdles to be jumped. The race is for

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hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the

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meeting in late December. On occasions when the race has been postponed to January of the following year, the runners are aged four years. The race carried Grade 1 status until the 2021 running. It was downgraded to Grade 2 by the

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in 2022.

Records

Leading jockey since 1971 (3 wins): *

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– ''Mister Banjo (1999), Blue Shark (2005), Good Bye Simon (2006) '' *

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– ''Franchoek (2007), Le Rocher (2013), Defi Du Seuil (2016)'' *

Daryl Jacob Daryl Jacob is an Irish National Hunt jockey who rode for trainer Paul Nicholls as second jockey to Ruby Walsh. When Walsh left the Nicholas yard Jacob took over as principal rider. He won at the Cheltenham festival for the first time in 2011 ...

– '' Me Voici (2009), Bristol De Mai (2014), We Have A Dream (2017) '' Leading trainer since 1971 (4 wins): *

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– ''Mister Banjo (1999), Nas Na Riogh (2002), Blue Shark (2005), We Have A Dream (2017) ''

Winners since 1971

References

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– ''Finale Juvenile Hurdle – Chepstow.'' National Hunt races in Great Britain Chepstow Racecourse National Hunt hurdle races

Records

Winners since 1971

See also

References