The Greatwood Hurdle is a Grade 3 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and half a furlong (2 miles and 87 yards, or 3,298 metres), and during its running there are eight hurdles to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in November.
The event has been run under various titles, and for a period it was classed at Listed level. It was sponsored on behalf of Greatwood, a charity for the welfare of retired racehorses, from 2003 to 2011. It was run as the Racing Post Hurdle when the Racing Post began sponsored the race in 2012 and from 2013 the sponsorship was taken over by the Stan James bookmaking firm and the name of Greatwood returned to the race title. It attained Grade 3 status in 2004. Unibet became the race's title sponsor in 2017 after purchasing the Stan James business.
Winners since 1987 Weights given in stones and pounds. Year Winner Ageha Weight Jockey Trainer 1987 Celtic Shot 5 10-06 Peter Scudamore Fred Winter 1988 South Parade 4 11-00 Graham Bradley Toby Balding 1989 Highland Bounty 5 10-04 Stuart Turner Simon Dow 1990 Liadett 5 11-10 Mark Perrett Martin Pipe 1991 Shu Fly 7 11-01 Steve Smith Eccles Sally Oliver 1992 Valfinet 5 10-09 Peter Scudamore Martin Pipe 1993 Leotard 6 12-00 Jamie Osborne Oliver Sherwood 1994 Atours 6 11-05 Paul Holley David Elsworth 1995 Lonesome Train 6 09-09 Barry Fenton Colin Weedon 1996 Space Trucker 5 11-11 Jamie Osborne Jessica Harrington 1997 Mr Percy 6 10-09 Philip Hide Josh Gifford 1998 Grey Shot 6 11-05 Jamie Osborne Ian Balding 1999 Rodock 5 10-00 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe 2000 Hulysse Royal 5 10-00 Jimmy McCarthy Oliver Sherwood 2001 Westender 5 10–13 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe 2002 Rooster Booster 8 11–12 Seamus Durack Philip Hobbs 2003 Rigmarole 5 11–12 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls 2004 Accordion Etoile 5 10-06 John Cullen Paul Nolan 2005 Lingo 6 10-06 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill 2006 Detroit City 4 11–12 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs 2007 Sizing Europe 5 11-06 Timmy Murphy Henry de Bromhead 2008 Numide 5 10-03 Jamie Moore Gary L. Moore 2009 Khyber Kim 7 11-09 Paddy Brennan Nigel Twiston-Davies 2010 Menorah 5 11–12 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs 2011 Brampour 4 11-04 Harry Derham Paul Nicholls 2012 Olofi 6 10–11 Paddy Brennan Tom George 2013 Dell' Arca 4 10-05 Tom Scudamore David Pipe 2014 Garde La Victoire 5 11-09 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs 2015 Old Guard 4 10-10 Harry Cobden Paul Nicholls 2016 North Hill Harvey 5 11-00 Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 2017 Elgin 5 10-08 Wayne Hutchinson Alan King 2018 Nietzsche 5 09-07 Danny McMenamin Brian Ellison 2019 Harambe 6 11-00 Tom Bellamy Alan King 2020 The Shunter 7 10-00 Robbie Power Emmet Mullins 2021 West Cork 7 10-13 Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 2022 I Like To Move It 5 12-00 Sam Twiston-Davies Nigel Twiston-Davies 2023 Iberico Lord 5 11-00 Nico de Boinville Nicky Henderson 2024 Burdett Road 4 11-10 Harry Cobden James Owen 2025 Alexei 5 11-04 Brendan Powell Joe Tizzard
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British National Hunt races
References
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