|}The Champion Hurdle Trial is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain held each January, which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Haydock Park over a distance of about 1 mile 7½ furlongs (1 mile 7 furlongs and 144 yards, or 3,149 metres), and with nine hurdles. It is currently sponsored by Unibet. Since 2019, the race has carried the name of The New One, a racehorse who had won the race every year from 2015 to 2018.
The race was first run in 1981, and was awarded Grade 2 status in 2003.
The Champion Hurdle Trial is the third leg in the Unibet-sponsored Road to Cheltenham, and the final race of the series before the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The other two races in the Road to Cheltenham are the Fighting Fifth Hurdle and the International Hurdle.
In April 2023 the British Horseracing Authority announced the removal of the Champion Hurdle Trial from the 2023/24 programme.[1]
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| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | |
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| 1981 | Starfen | 9 | Tim Easterby | Peter Easterby | |
| 1982 | Gaye Chance | 7 | Sam Morshead | Mercy Rimell | |
| 1983 | Ekbalco | 7 | Jonjo O'Neill | Roger Fisher | |
| 1984 | Abandoned because of frost | ||||
| 1985 | Abandoned because of frost | ||||
| 1986 | Humberside Lady | 5 | Mark Dwyer | Geoff Huffer | |
| 1987 | Nohalmdun | 6 | Lorcan Wyer | Peter Easterby | |
| 1988 | Abandoned because of snow | ||||
| 1989 | Vicario di Bray | 6 | Mark Dwyer | Jonjo O'Neill | |
| 1990 | Bank View | 5 | Graham Bradley | Nigel Tinkler | |
| 1991 | Abandoned because of frost | ||||
| 1992 | Granville Again | 6 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe | |
| 1993 | Jinxy Jack | 9 | Neale Doughty | Gordon W. Richards | |
| 1994 | Flakey Dove | 8 | Richard Dunwoody | Richard Price | |
| 1995 | Relkeel | 6 | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson | |
| 1996 | Mysilv | 6 | Jamie Osborne | Charles Egerton | |
| 1997 | Mistinguett | 5 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies | |
| 1998 | Dato Star | 7 | Lorcan Wyer | Malcolm Jefferson | |
| 1999 | Master Beveled | 9 | Glenn Tormey | David Evans | |
| 2000 | Dato Star | 9 | Lorcan Wyer | Malcolm Jefferson | |
| 2001 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
| 2002 | Rodock | 8 | Tony McCoy | Martin Pipe | |
| 2003 | Flame Creek | 7 | Seamus Durack | Noel Chance | |
| 2004 | Rooster Booster | 10 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs | |
| 2005 | Inglis Drever | 6 | Graham Lee | Howard Johnson | |
| 2006 | Al Eile | 6 | Timmy Murphy | John Queally | |
| 2007 | Afsoun | 5 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson | |
| 2008 | Abandoned because of waterlogging | ||||
| 2009 | Songe | 5 | Tom Siddall | Charlie Longsdon | |
| 2010 | Medermit | 6 | Robert Thornton | Alan King | |
| 2011 | Abandoned because of frost | ||||
| 2012 | Celestial Halo | 8 | Daryl Jacob | Paul Nicholls | |
| 2013 | Abandoned because of snow | ||||
| 2014 | Melodic Rendezvous | 8 | Nick Scholfield | Jeremy Scott | |
| 2015 | The New One | 7 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies | |
| 2016 | The New One | 8 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies | |
| 2017 | The New One | 9 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies | |
| 2018 | The New One | 10 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies | |
| 2019 | Global Citizen | 7 | David Bass | Ben Pauling | |
| 2020 | Ballyandy | 9 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Nigel Twiston-Davies | |
| 2021 | Navajo Pass | 5 | Sean Quinlan | Donald McCain Jr | |
| 2022 | Tommy's Oscar | 7 | Danny McMenamin | Ann Hamilton | |
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