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Coral Finale Juvenile Hurdle: Past Winners, Stats & History

Welsh Grand National Day
Course:
Chepstow
Jumps Course
Grade:
Grade 2
Length:
2m
Last Winner:
Comfort Zone @ 10/11
Prize Money:
£50,000 (2022)

The Finale Juvenile Hurdle is one of the key supporting races sharing the card with the Welsh Grand National from Chepstow. This is the only Grade 1 National Hunt race run for three year olds before becoming classed as four years old at the turn of the year.

Juvenile hurdlers competing here will be aiming to take form from this contest to take to the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and the Anniversary 4-Y-O Hurdle during the Grand National meeting at Aintree in April.

Coral Finale Juvenile Hurdle Course Map (Jumps Course)

Chepstow Jumps Course Map

Coral Finale Juvenile Hurdle Past Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2022 Comfort Zone 10/11 Joseph Patrick O'Brien Jonjo O'Neill Jr
2021 Porticello 10/3 Gary Moore Jamie Moore
2020 Adagio* 5/2 David Pipe Tom Scudamore
2019 Allmankind 6/5 Dan Skelton Harry Skelton
2018 Quel Destin 7/4 Paul Nicholls Sam Twiston-Davies
2017 We Have A Dream* 8/11 Nicky Henderson Daryl Jacobs
2016 Defi Du Seuil 4/5 Philip Hobbs Richard Jonson
2015 Adrien Du Pont* 11/8 Paul Nicholls Nick Schofield
2014 Bristol De Mai 6/1 Nigel Twiston-Davies Daryl Jacobs
2013 Le Rocher 11/2 Nick Williams Richard Johnson
2012 Ruacana 10/3 John Ferguson Denis O'Regan
2011 Hollow Tree 13/8 Donald McCain Jnr Timmy Murphy
2010 Marsh Warbler 4/1 Brian Ellison Fearghal David
2009 Me Voici 10/1 Nick Williams Daryl Jacob
2008 Walkon 7/2 Alan King Robert Thornton
2007 Franchoek 7/4 Alan King Richard Johnson
2006 Good Bye Simon 9/4 Theirry Doumen Mick Fitzgerald
2005 Blue Shark 7/1 Nicky Henderson Mick Fitzgerald
2004 Phar Bleu 9/1 Georgie Browne Tony McCoy
2003 Sunray 40/1 Evan Williams Andrew Thronton

*Races run in the following January due to abandonment at Chepstow in December.

About the Finale Juvenile Hurdle: Grade 1 Action at the Welsh National Meeting

Aerial View of Chepstow Racecourse
Photo © Peter Randall-Cook (cc-by-sa/2.0)

Late December each year sees what is by some margin the biggest day of the season at Chepstow racecourse, as the track plays host to the stamina-sapping Welsh Grand National. It is a hugely popular event with racegoers, and regularly one of the biggest betting heats of the festive period.

For every feature event on a card, there needs to be a few other half-decent races though; and the Monmouthshire venue doesn’t disappoint in this regard, with plenty of quality featuring on the undercard. The pick of the bunch being this Grade 1 event for the juvenile hurdlers.

First run in 1971, and open only to runners aged three years at the start of the current season, this two contest is one of only three top level juvenile hurdling events of the season – the other two being the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, and Aintree’s Anniversary 4-Y-O Novices’ Hurdle.

Unsurprisingly due to the time of year at which the contest takes place, the race has fallen foul of the weather on a few occasions; it was abandoned altogether in 1978, 1994, 1995 and 1996, and delayed until January in 2010, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2020. As all horses have their birthday on 1st January, the field had all turned four by the time those latter four editions took place, unintentionally breaking the rules of the race (though obviously none were disqualified!).

Jacob and Johnson Vie For The Lead

There have been seven jockeys in all to come home in front in this race on more than one occasion, including some of the biggest names in the sport from both past and present but, as of 2021, no rider has yet managed to break the three wins barrier.

Chart Showing the Finale Juvenile Hurdle Top Jockeys Between 1975 and 2021

Co-leaders Richard Johnson, Peter Scudamore and Mick Fitzgerald won’t be adding to their haul now but Daryl Jacob is still active and may yet claim the outright lead.

Henderson Joins Martin At The Top

No jockey may yet have managed to claim this pot on more than three occasions, but we do have two trainers who have achieved that feat. Legendary handler Martin Pipe was the first to do so when Tony McCoy steered Rainwatch to victory in 1997.

That final success in the race for Pipe came two years before Nick Henderson’s first win in the race with Mister Banjo in 1999, but by 2017 Henderson had drawn level at the top of the trainers table, thanks to the victory of We Have A Dream.

Chart Showing the Top Finale Juvenile Hurdle Trainers Between 1975 and 2021

With Pipe now retired, and Henderson still going strong, will it be the Lambourn handler who is the first to five wins?

Bristol And Defi The Class Acts

This contest comes very early in a National Hunt performer’s career, and not all winners of the race have gone on to deliver on the promise of such a precocious Grade 1 success. Some do though, with two runners in particular standing out from the crowd.

Successful for Nigel Twiston-Davies in 2014, the talented grey Bristol De Mai went on to land four Grade 1 triumphs as a chaser, in addition to an admirable third place finish in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The pick of the previous victors for our money though is Philip Hobbs’ 2016 champ Defi Du Seuil. The JP McManus owned star registered a further six (and counting) successes at the top level, including wins in the Triumph Hurdle and JLT Novices’ Chase at the Cheltenham Festival.

Bristol De Mai & Defi Du Seuil Comparison (as of 2021)

Bristol De Mai Defi Du Seuil
Year Born 2011 2013
Trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies Philip Hobbs
Sire Saddler Maker Voix Du Nord
Dam La Bole Night Quarvine Du Seuil
Races 37 24
Wins 11 14
Grade 1 Wins 5 7
Earnings £809k £623k
Highest Rating 173 170

Other Races of Note at Chepstow

  • Coral Finale Juvenile Hurdle
  • Welsh Grand National

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