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Relkeel Hurdle
2024
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Bob OlingerMarie's RockBrewin'upastorm
Previous years
2023
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Marie's RockDashel DrasherFirst Street
2022
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Stormy IrelandMcfabulousGuard Your Dreams
2021
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McfabulousOn The Blind SideThomas Darby
2020-2011
2020
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Summerville BoyRoksanaWilliam Henry
2019
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Midnight ShadowWholestoneOld Guard
2018
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WholestoneAgrapartColin's Sister
2017
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AgrapartL'Ami SergeCole Harden
2016
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Camping GroundLil RockerfellerCole Harden
2014
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Rock on RubyVolnay De ThaixBrother Brian
2013
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More of ThatSalubriousGlens Melody
2012
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Oscar WhiskyCrack Away JackBrampour
2011
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Oscar WhiskyGet Me Out of HereCockney Trucker
2010-2001
2010
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KarabakAny Given DayCelestial Halo
2009
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ZaynarCape TribulationShalone
2007
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PouvoirGood Bye SimonPigeon Island
2006
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Black Jack KetchumBlazing BaileyPalmridge
2005
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Mighty ManThe Market ManPrins Willem
2004
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Lough DergExotic DancerDalaram
2003
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Crystal d'AinaySh BoomStarzaan
2002
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Eternal SpringClassifiedIn Contrast
2001
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See You SometimeMontalcino ITres Touche
2000-1991
2000
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Mister BanjoRun For PaddyDoctor Goddard
1999
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Heros FatalBehrajanPicket Piece
1998
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Lady RebeccaZafarabadRainbow Frontier
1997
Owner Mr D A Johnson.svg Owner Mr K Hutsby.svg Owner J R Ali.svg
DaraydanMighty MossRed Raja
1996
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KarshiMandys MantinoSerenity Prayer
1994
Owner Jeremy W S Barnett.svg Owner J M Long.svg Owner Mrs Nerys Dutfield.svg
FatackTop SpinSpring Marathon
1993
Owner J Howard Johnson.svg Owner D S Hall.svg Owner Mr J E Brown.svg
Dance of WordsSatin LoverKadi
1992
Owner Kirby Maher Syndicate.svg Owner Lady Lloyd-Webber.svg Owner Mr D A Johnson.svg
Lonesome GloryAl MutahmBeebob
1991
Owner The Scarth Racing Partnership.svg Owner Mr Paul Green.svg Owner Kingsclere Racing Club.svg
Granville AgainTyrone BridgeCrystal Spirit
1990-1989
1989
Owner Michael Jackson Bloodstock Ltd.svg Owner R F Eliot.svg Owner Lbi Law (873) Ltd.svg
Morley StreetDeep SensationIkdam
 

The Relkeel 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 on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (2 miles 4 furlongs and 56 yards, or 4,074 metres), and during its running there are ten hurdles to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year on New Year's Day.

The event is named after Relkeel, a three-time winner of Cheltenham's Bula Hurdle in the late 1990s. The Relkeel Hurdle was given Grade 2 status in 2006.

The race was first run in 1988 as the Sport of Kings Challenge. The race was renamed the Lonesome Glory Hurdle in 1993, after the American-trained challenger who had won the race the previous year.

The current name was adopted in 2000. The race was originally run at Cheltenham's International meeting in early December before being moved to the course's New Year Day fixture from the 2016 running. [1]

Winners

YearWinnerAgeJockeyTrainer
1988Abbreviation5Peter Hobbs Josh Gifford
1989 Morley Street 5Jimmy Frost Toby Balding
no race 1990 [a]
1991 Granville Again 5 Peter Scudamore Martin Pipe
1992 Lonesome Glory 4Blythe MillerBruce F Miller
1993Dance of Words4Warren MarstonHoward Johnson
1994FatackS CurranJacqui Doyle
no race 1995 [b]
1996Karshi Jamie Osborne Henrietta Knight
1997Daraydan Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
1998Lady RebeccaRodney Farrant Venetia Williams
1999Heros Fatal Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
2000 Mister Banjo 4 Mick Fitzgerald Paul Nicholls
2001 See You Sometime [c] 6 Mick Fitzgerald Seamus Mullins
2002Eternal Spring5 Ruby Walsh James Fanshawe
2003 Crystal d'Ainay 4 Robert Thornton Alan King
2004 Lough Derg 4 Timmy Murphy Martin Pipe
2005 Mighty Man 5 Richard Johnson Henry Daly
2006 Black Jack Ketchum 7 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill
2007 Pouvoir 4 Robert Thornton Alan King
no race 2008 [d]
2009 Zaynar 4 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson
2010Karabak7 Tony McCoy Alan King
2011 Oscar Whisky 6 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson
2012 Oscar Whisky 7 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson
2013 More of That 5 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill
2014 Rock On Ruby 9 Noel Fehily Harry Fry
2016Camping Ground6 Leighton Aspell Robert Walford
2017 Agrapart 6 Lizzie Kelly Nick Williams
2018 Wholestone 7 Daryl Jacob Nigel Twiston-Davies
2019Midnight Shadow6Danny Cook Sue Smith
2020Summerville Boy8Jonathan BurkeTom George
2021McFabulous [e] 7 Harry Cobden Paul Nicholls
2022Stormy Ireland8Danny Mullins Willie Mullins
2023Marie's Rock8 Nico de Boinville Nicky Henderson
2024Bob Olinger9 Rachael Blackmore Henry de Bromhead
  1. The 1990 edition was abandoned because of snow
  2. The 1995 edition was abandoned because of frost
  3. The 2001 running took place at Newbury
  4. The 2008 edition was abandoned because of heavy rain
  5. The 2021 race was run at Kempton Park after the original Cheltenham fixture was abandoned due to waterlogging

See also

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References

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