Summit Juvenile Hurdle

The Summit Juvenile Hurdle is a Listed National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged three years. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of about 2 miles and half a furlong (2 miles and 128 yards or 3,336 metres), and during its running there are eight hurdles to be jumped. The race is for novice hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year in December.

Summit Juvenile Hurdle

2021
Knight Salute	Porticello	Impulsive One

Previous years
2020
Monmiral	Gold Desert	Glorious Zoff
2019
Navajo Pass	Lord Lamington	Paseo
2018
Quel Destin	Elysees	Oi The Clubb Oi's
2017
We Have A Dream	City Dreamer	Je Suis Charlie
2016
Cliffs of Dover	Lord Justice	Zig Zag
2015
Who Dares Wins	Robertstown	Sir Chauvelin
2014
Peace And Co	Starchitect	L'aigle Royal
2013
Fox Norton	Broughton	Royal Irish Hussar
2012
Kashmir Peak	Sametegal	Vasco Du Ronceray
2011
Royal Bonsai	Eagle Rock	Kie
2007
Lemon Silk	Art Professor	Five Dream
2004
Salut Saint Cloud	Patrixprial	Carte Diamond
2003
Mondul	Zimbabwe	Hope Sound

Prior to 2010 it was run at Lingfield Park on the same day as the December Novices' Chase and the two races are now run on the same day at Doncaster. The race carried Grade 2 status until the 2021 running. It was downgraded to a Listed race by the British Horseracing Authority in 2022.^[1]

In April 2023 the British Horseracing Authority announced that the race would be moved to Aintree and run 1 week earlier as part of a restructure of the 2023/24 programme.^[2]

Records

Leading jockey (2 wins):

• Thierry Doumen – Hors La Loi III (1998), Grand Seigneur (1999)
• Dougie Costello – Royal Bonsai (2011), Kashmir Peak (2012)
• Daryl Jacob – Peace And Co (2014), We Have A Dream (2017)
• Harry Cobden - Quel Destin (2018), Liari (2023)

Leading trainer (4 wins):

• Paul Nicholls - Cliffs of Dover (2016), Quel Destin (2018), Monmiral (2020), Liari (2023)

Winners since 1987

Year	Winner	Jockey	Trainer
1987	South Parade	Graham Bradley	Toby Balding
1988	Take Issue	Dale McKeown	John Sutcliffe
1989	no race 1989
1990	Oh So Risky	Paul Holley	David Elsworth
1991	None So Brave	Jamie Osborne	Reg Akehurst
1992	Dare to Dream	David Bridgwater	Reg Akehurst
1993	Admiral's Well	Mick Fitzgerald	Reg Akehurst
1994	Anzum	Robert Massey	David Nicholson
1995	Abandoned due to snow
1996	Serenus	John Kavanagh	Nicky Henderson
1997	Buddy Marvel	Paul Carberry	Oliver Sherwood
1998	Hors La Loi III	Thierry Doumen	François Doumen
1999	Grand Seigneur	Thierry Doumen	François Doumen
2000	Abandoned due to waterlogged state of course
2001	Abandoned due to frost
20022002	no race 2002
2003	Mondul	Ollie McPhail	Milton Harris
2004	Salut Saint Cloud	Brian Crowley	Gary L. Moore
2005	no race 2005–06 [lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
2007	Lemon Silk	Paul O'Neill	Kahlil Burke
2008	no race 2008–09-10 [lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]
2011	Royal Bonsai	Dougie Costello	John Quinn
2012	Kashmir Peak	Dougie Costello	John Quinn
2013	Fox Norton	Noel Fehily	Nick Williams
2014	Peace And Co	Daryl Jacob	Nicky Henderson
2015	Who Dares Wins	Wayne Hutchinson	Alan King
2016	Cliffs of Dover	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls
2017	We Have A Dream	Daryl Jacob	Nicky Henderson
2018	Quel Destin	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls
2019	Navajo Pass	Brian Hughes	Donald McCain
2020	Monmiral	Sean Bowen	Paul Nicholls
2021	Knight Salute	Paddy Brennan	Milton Harris
2022	no race 2022 [lower-alpha 1]
2023	Liari	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls

1. The 2005 and 2022 runnings were abandoned because of frost
2. The 2006, 2008 and 2009 editions were abandoned due to waterlogging.
3. The 2010 running was abandoned due to snow

See also

• Horse racing in Great Britain
• List of British National Hunt races

References

1. Robson, Michael. "Chepstow disappointed as Finale Hurdle loses Grade 1 tag in jumps Pattern shift". Racing Post. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
2. "Package of changes agreed to help strengthen performance of British Jump racing". British Horseracing Authority. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

• Racing Post:
  • 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998
  • 1999, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
  • 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

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• pedigreequery.com – Summit Junior Hurdle – Lingfield.
• rte.ie – "Lingfield abandoned due to frost" (2005).
• breakingnews.ie – "Lingfield abandoned" (2006).
• rte.ie – "Cheltenham and Lingfield abandoned" (2008).
• breakingnews.ie – "Lingfield cancels hurdle meet" (2009).