Leamington Novices' Hurdle

Leamington Novices' Hurdle
2016
Thomas Hobson Open Eagle Definite Outcome

The Leamington Novices' Hurdle, currently run under the sponsored title of the Neptune Investment Management Novices' 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 at Warwick over a distance of about 2 miles and 5 furlongs (4,225 metres), and during its running there are eleven hurdles to be jumped. The race is for novice hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year in January. It was first run in 2002. Since 2012 the race has been sponsored by Neptune Investment Management.

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
2002 Classified 6 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
no race 2003
2004 Inglis Drever 5 Graham Lee Howard Johnson
2005 No Refuge 5 Graham Lee Howard Johnson
2006 Be Be King 7 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2007 Labelthou 8 Barry Fenton Emma Lavelle
2008 Carruthers 5 Mattie Batchelor Mark Bradstock
no race 2009–10 [1]
2011 Court In Motion 6 Aidan Coleman Emma Lavelle
2012 Cotton Mill 5 Jack Quinlan John Ferguson
2013 The New One 5 Sam Twiston-Davies Nigel Twiston-Davies
2014 Deputy Dan 6 Leighton Aspell Oliver Sherwood
2015 Three Musketeers 5 Harry Skelton Dan Skelton
2016 Thomas Hobson 6 Danny Mullins Willie Mullins

1 The race was abandoned in 2009 because of frost and in 2010 because of snow.

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