New_Year's_Day_Hurdle
New Year's Day Hurdle
Discontinued hurdle horse race in Britain
The New Year's Day Hurdle was a National Hunt hurdle race in England which was open to horses aged four years and older. It was run at Windsor over a distance of 2 miles (3,218 metres), and was scheduled to take place each year on New Year's Day (January 1).
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The race was first run in 1975 and was last run in 1998, when Windsor stopped hosting National Hunt racing.[1] National Hunt racing returned to Windsor temporarily in 2004 when Ascot was closed for renovations, and Windsor hosted the Long Walk Hurdle.[2]
The race was initially a Conditions race, attracting high quality hurdlers, but became a Limited Handicap in 1993, reduced to an ordinary handicap in 1998.