Relkeel Hurdle

Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Jockey colours header Template:Jockey colours row |} Template:Jockey colours collapsible header Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours no footer Template:Jockey colours named collapsible header Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours no footer Template:Jockey colours named collapsible header Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours no footer Template:Jockey colours named collapsible header Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours no footer Template:Jockey colours named collapsible header Template:Jockey colours row Template:Jockey colours footer The Relkeel 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 on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (2 miles 4 furlongs and 56 yards, or 4,074 metres), and during its running there are ten hurdles to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year on New Year's Day.

The event is named after Relkeel, a three-time winner of Cheltenham's Bula Hurdle in the late 1990s. The Relkeel Hurdle was given Grade 2 status in 2006.

The race was first run in 1988 as the Sport of Kings Challenge. The race was renamed the Lonesome Glory Hurdle in 1993, after the American-trained challenger who had won the race the previous year.

The current name was adopted in 2000. The race was originally run at Cheltenham's International meeting in early December before being moved to the course's New Year Day fixture from the 2016 running.

Winners

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer
1988	Abbreviation	5	Peter Hobbs	Josh Gifford
1989	Morley Street	5	Jimmy Frost	Toby Balding
1990	no race 1990 Template:Efn
1991	Granville Again	5	Peter Scudamore	Martin Pipe
1992	Lonesome Glory	4	Blythe Miller	Bruce F Miller
1993	Dance of Words	4	Warren Marston	Howard Johnson
1994	Fatack	5	Sean Curran	Jacqui Doyle
1995	no race 1995 Template:Efn
1996	Karshi	6	Jamie Osborne	Henrietta Knight
1997	Daraydan	5	Tony McCoy	Martin Pipe
1998	Lady Rebecca	6	Rodney Farrant	Venetia Williams
1999	Heros Fatal	5	Tony McCoy	Martin Pipe
2000	Mister Banjo	4	Mick Fitzgerald	Paul Nicholls
2001	See You Sometime Template:Efn	6	Mick Fitzgerald	Seamus Mullins
2002	Eternal Spring	5	Ruby Walsh	James Fanshawe
2003	Crystal d'Ainay	4	Robert Thornton	Alan King
2004	Lough Derg	4	Timmy Murphy	Martin Pipe
2005	Mighty Man	5	Richard Johnson	Henry Daly
2006	Black Jack Ketchum	7	Tony McCoy	Jonjo O'Neill
2007	Pouvoir	4	Robert Thornton	Alan King
2008	no race 2008 Template:Efn
2009	Zaynar	4	Barry Geraghty	Nicky Henderson
2010	Karabak	7	Tony McCoy	Alan King
2011	Oscar Whisky	6	Barry Geraghty	Nicky Henderson
2012	Oscar Whisky	7	Barry Geraghty	Nicky Henderson
2013	More of That	5	Tony McCoy	Jonjo O'Neill
2014	Rock On Ruby	9	Noel Fehily	Harry Fry
2016	Camping Ground	6	Leighton Aspell	Robert Walford
2017	Agrapart	6	Lizzie Kelly	Nick Williams
2018	Wholestone	7	Daryl Jacob	Nigel Twiston-Davies
2019	Midnight Shadow	6	Danny Cook	Sue Smith
2020	Summerville Boy	8	Jonathan Burke	Tom George
2021	McFabulousTemplate:Efn	7	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls
2022	Stormy Ireland	8	Danny Mullins	Willie Mullins
2023	Marie's Rock	8	Nico de Boinville	Nicky Henderson
2024	Bob Olinger	9	Rachael Blackmore	Henry de Bromhead
2025	Lucky Place	6	Nico de Boinville	Nicky Henderson

See also

• Horse racing in Great Britain
• List of British National Hunt races

References

• Racing Post:
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• pedigreequery.com – Relkeel Hurdle – Cheltenham.
• telegraph.co.uk – "Cheltenham racing abandoned after rain" (2008).