The Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle, known for sponsorship purposes as the Hallgarten and Novum Wines Juvenile Handicap Hurdle, is a Premier Handicap
National Hunt
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hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years. It is run on the Old Course at
Cheltenham
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over a distance of about 2 miles and ½ 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 for juvenile hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the
Cheltenham Festival
The Cheltenham Festival is a horse racing-based meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom, with race prize money second only to the Grand National. The four-day festival takes place annually in March at Cheltenham Race ...
in March.
The event is named in memory of
Fred Winter (1926–2004), who was successful as both a jockey and a
trainer in National Hunt racing. Winter's record at the Cheltenham Festival included seventeen victories as a jockey, and twenty-eight as a trainer.
The Fred Winter Juvenile Hurdle was one of several new races introduced at the Festival when a fourth day was added to the meeting in 2005. It was initially classed at Listed level, and it was promoted to Grade 3 status in 2009. The race was re-classified as a Premier Handicap from the 2023 running when Grade 3 status was renamed by the
British Horseracing Authority
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It was formed on 31 July 2007, after the merger of the British Horseracing Board (BHB) and the Horseracing Regulatory Au ...
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Records
Leading jockey (3 wins):
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Mark Walsh - ''Aramax (2020), Brazil (2022), Puturhandstogether (2025)''
Leading
trainer (4 wins):
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Gordon Elliott - ''Flaxen Flare (2013), Veneer of Charm (2018), Aramax (2020), Jazzy Matty (2023)''
Winners
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See also
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Horse racing in Great Britain
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List of British National Hunt races
References
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Racing Post
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pedigreequery.com– ''Fred Winter Juvenile Novices' Hurdle – Cheltenham.''
– ''Racenews Archive (21 February 2008).''
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