Christmas Hurdle where he finished seven lengths runner-up behind Faugheen but followed it a month later with a victory in the Grade 2 Champion Hurdle Trial which he also took last season on his way to Cheltenham Festival, of which his trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies said: "He'll be going to Cheltenham in better form this year. It was a struggle with his feet (last year), he did all his prep in the swimming pool. We were still only beaten by eight lengths and I'm hoping with a straight run at it we can be more competitive". In his third bid for the Champion Hurdle he finished fourth behind Annie Power, My Tent Or Yours and Nichols Canyon. On his final run of the season he fell for the first time in his career when coming down at the fifth flight of the Aintree Hurdle. 2016/2017 National Hunt season The New One began his next season with a third success in the International Hurdle, leading from the start and coming home three and a half lengths clear of My Tent Or Yours, to whom he was conceding eight pounds in weight. After finishing second to Yanworth in the Christmas Hurdle he took Haydock's Champion Hurdle Trial for the third consecutive year, jumping indifferently before rallying strongly in the closing stages and winning by a length from Clyne with L'Ami Serge in third. In his fourth Champion Hurdle The New One came home fifth of the eleven runners at odds of 10/1, beaten ten and a half lengths by the winner Buveur d'Air. His two subsequent appearances that season saw him finish third to Buveur d'Air in the Aintree Hurdle and fourth to L'Ami Serge in the Grade 2 Select Hurdle at Sandown Park. 2017/2018 National Hunt season On his first run of the new season The New One was ridden by the amateur Zac Baker in the Welsh Champion Hurdle at Ffos Las Racecourse and led from the start to win by a length from Clyne, to whom he was conceding eight pounds. He went on to run fourth under top weight in the Greatwood Handicap Hurdle, second to his old rival My Tent Or Yours in the International Hurdle and second to Buveur d'Air in the Christmas Hurdle. In January at Haydock he started favourite as he attempted to record his fourth win in a row in the Champion Hurdle Trial.