The River Don Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Doncaster Racecourse over a distance of about 3 miles and 110 yards (4,929 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 late January or early February.
The event is named after the River Don which runs through Doncaster. Prior to 2002 the distance of the race was 2 miles and 4 furlongs (4,023 metres), and there were ten hurdles to jump. The race has been sponsored since 2007 by the Albert Bartlett vegetable growing company,
Winners since 1991 Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer 1991 Cab on Target 5 Peter Niven Mary Reveley 1992Abandoned due to frost 1993 Hurdy 6 Andrew Thornton Jack Hanson 1994 Seekin Cash 5 Jamie Osborne Charles Egerton 1995Abandoned due to snow 1996Abandoned due to frost 1997 Inn at the Top 5 Derek Byrne John Norton 1998 Ginger Fox 5 Denis Leahy Jenny Pitman 1999 Barton 6 Lorcan Wyer Tim Easterby 2000 Barney Knows 5 Adrian Maguire Mark Peill 2001 Rum Pointer 5 Russ Garritty Tim Easterby 2002 Too Forward 6 Adrian Maguire Mark Pitman 2003 Tees Components 8 Alan Dempsey Mary Reveley 2004 Diamant Noir 6 Liam Cooper Jonjo O'Neill 2005 Bewleys Berry 7 Warren Marston Howard Johnson 2006 Neptune Collonges 5 Christian Williams Paul Nicholls 2007 Chief Dan George 7 Alan Dempsey James Moffatt 2008 Battlecry 7 David English Nigel Twiston-Davies 2009 Cape Tribulation 5 Phil Kinsella Malcolm Jefferson 2010 no race 2010–11 2012 Rocky Creek 6 Daryl Jacob Paul Nicholls 2010 no race 2013 2014 Urban Hymn 6 Brian Hughes Malcolm Jefferson 2015 Caracci Apache 5 Nico de Boinville Nicky Henderson 2016 Barters Hill 6 David Bass Ben Pauling 2017 Constantine Bay 6 Jeremiah McGrath Nicky Henderson 2018 Enniscoffey Oscar 6 Leighton Aspell Emma Lavelle 2019 Nadaitak 5 Nico de Boinville Ben Pauling 2020 Ramses De Teillee 8 Tom Scudamore David Pipe 2021 The Cob 7 Daryl Jacob Ben Pauling 2022 Mahler Mission 6 James Bowen John McConnell 2023 Maximilian 7 Brian Hughes Donald McCain 2024 Kerryhill 6 Brian Hughes Ruth Jefferson 2025 Yellow Car 7 Nick Slatter David Killahena & Graeme McPherson 2026 Thedeviluno 7 Sean O'Keeffe Paul Nolan
See also Horseracing in Great Britain List of British National Hunt races
References Racing Post: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , pedigreequery.com – River Don Novices' Hurdle – Doncaster.