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Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle: Past Winners, Stats & History

Cheltenham November Meeting
Course:
Cheltenham
Old Course
Grade:
Grade 2
Length:
2m ½f
Last Winner:
Knight Salute @ 9/2
Prize Money:
£50,000 (2021)

The opening race on the Saturday of Cheltenham’s November Meeting is the Grade 2 Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle.

The race, registered as the Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle, was first run in 1987 and, as the current name suggests, is a key preparation race for the Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival the following March.

Triumph Hurdle Trial Course Map (Old Course)

Cheltenham Old Course Map

Triumph Hurdle Trial Past Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2021 Knight Salute 9/2 Milton Harris Paddy Brennan
2020 Duffle Coat 2/1 Gordon Elliott Robbie Power
2019 Allmankind 11/4 Dan Skelton Harry Skelton
2018 Quel Destin 10/3 Paul Nicholls Harry Cobden
2017 Apple's Shakira Evens Nicky Henderson Barry Geraghty
2016 Defi Du Seuil 5/4 Philip Hobbs Barry Geraghty
2015 Wolf Of Windlesham 12/1 Stuart Edmunds Joshua Moore
2014 Golden Doyen 13/8 Philip Hobbs Richard Johnson
2013 Royal Irish Hussar 10/11 Nicky Henderson Barry Geraghty
2012 Far West 15/8 Paul Nicholls Ruby Walsh
2011 Hinterland 6/4 Paul Nicholls Ruby Walsh
2010 Sam Winner 4/1 Paul Nicholls Noel Fehily
2009 Pistolet 7/2 Nick Williams Daryl Jacob
2008 Simarian 10/1 Evan Williams Donal Fahy
2007 Franchoek 6/5 Alan King Robert Thornton
2006 Katchit 7/4 Alan King Robert Thornton
2005 Fair Along 11/2 Philip Hobbs Richard Johnson
2004 Cerium 10/11 Paul Nicholls Ruby Walsh
2003 Al Eile 8/1 John Queally Jim Culloty
2002 Don Fernando 9/2 Martin Pipe Tony McCoy

About the Triumph Hurdle Trial: Key Festival Pointers

Horse Racing Around a Bend at Cheltenham Racecourse
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The Cheltenham Festival is the biggest meeting in the National Hunt season. Every trainer and owner in jumps racing wants to be able to land a winner at Cheltenham but it takes a huge amount of work for that to happen. There are so many different routes into each of the races at the Festival that it can be a little difficult to keep track but you’ll get no prizes for guessing which race the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle acts as a trial for.

The similarities in the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle and the Triumph Hurdle itself are many so it is always a race on which to keep a close eye. It is also a Grade 2 contest with a decent prize fund of £50,000 that attracts entries from some powerful yards so it is more than just a stepping stone.

A Race of Many Names

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The JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle was first run in 1987 as the Flowers Fine Ales Novices’ Hurdle. It went under many different names over the years including the Tom Albert Mines Memorial Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle, the Jet UK Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle and the Murphy’s Three Year Old Novices’ Hurdle before, JCB, the British manufacturing company, took over. In 2007, when a company called Cleanevent were the sponsors, the race was officially registered as the Prestbury Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle and that remains the case.

The name may have changed but the nature of the Prestbury Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle has remained much the same over the years. It has always been open to three year olds and the trip has only been increased by 87 yards from the original distance of two miles (racecards state the trip as two miles and half a furlong).

Success Doesn’t Always Breed Success

Three is a very young age for National Hunt horses. Even if this is not the most taxing race in terms of distance or the obstacles which must be navigated, it still often requires an unusually mature performance to win. Perhaps the most well-known horses who had enough to win the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle were The French Furze (Fighting Fifth Hurdle winner 2003), Al Eile (Aintree Hurdle winner 2005, 2007, 2008) and Katchit (Champion Hurdle winner 2008).

Of those three famous graduates, Katchit was the only one to follow up his win with success in the Triumph Hurdle itself at the Cheltenham Festival. Alan King’s charge was the second horse to complete the double after 1998 winner Katarino with Defi Du Seuil doing likewise when he won the 2017 Triumph Hurdle. Three winners in over 30 years to graduate to the main race doesn’t mark this out as a great Triumph Hurdle trial in all honesty. You can see the full record of Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle winners in the Triumph Hurdle in the chart below.

Chart Showing the Performance of Triumph Trial Winners in the Triumph Hurdle Between 1988 and 2021

The main reason for the relatively poor record is that, very simply, the quality of horses competing in the actual Triumph Hurdle race is significantly higher. Some of those high class competitors have also had a taste of Cheltenham before their trip to the Festival which further reduces the efficacy of the trial in producing Triumph Hurdle winners. Moreover, these young horses are unpredictable so winning favourites are far from the norm in either race and even those who have the experience of the Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle can easily have an off day at the Festival.

Other Races of Note at Cheltenham

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