Winter Novice Hurdle Next Running: Saturday December 1st, 2012
The Winter Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race for four-year-old and above novices.
There are nine hurdles to be jumped in the race.
| Distance: | 2m 4f 110y | Details: | (Grade 2) (Class 1) (4yo+) | Racecourse: | Sandown | Race Type: | Jumps |
Winning Trends for the Winter Novice Hurdle
Age Trend: Range: 4 - 7yo.
Trainer Trend: PF Nicholls has trained two winners in the last eight years and A King has trained the last two years.
Favourite Trend: The top two in the betting has accounted for every winner in the last eight years.
Winter Novice Hurdle Previous Winners
| YEAR | HORSE | A/G | WGT | LTO | FORM | TRAINER | JOCKEY | RAN | OR | SP |
| 2011 | Fingal Bay (Ire) (D) | 5g | 11-7 | 19 | 1-11 | PJ Hobbs | R Johnson | 7 | 144 | 4/5 (f) |
| 2010 | ABANDONED due to: Snow | |||||||||
| 2009 | Manyriverstocross (Ire) | 4g | 11-4 | 14 | 13 | A King | W Hutchinson | 5 | 132 | 3/1 (2f) |
| 2008 | Junior | 5g | 11-0 | 24 | 7-52 | A King | R Thornton | 7 | 138 | 11/2 (2f) |
| 2007 | Lightning Strike (GER) | 4g | 11-7 | 13 | 5-01 | Miss V Williams | AP McCoy | 6 | 138 | 2/1 (2f) |
| 2006 | Labelthou (Fr) | 7m | 11-0 | 12 | 15-1 | Miss EC Lavelle | B Fenton | 5 | - | 5/2 (2f) |
| 2005 | Neptune Collonges (Fr) (D) | 4g | 11-0 | 18 | 1-14 | PF Nicholls | BJ Geraghty | 4 | - | 6/4 (f) |
| 2004 | Ladalko (Fr) | 5g | 11-0 | 34 | 22-2 | PF Nicholls | R Walsh | 7 | 135 | 5/4 (f) |
| 2003 | Inglis Drever (D) | 4g | 11-7 | 13 | 1-01 | J Howard Johnson | G Lee | 7 | - | 5/2 (jt2f) |

