|} The Christmas Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Kempton Park over a distance of about 2 miles (3,219 metres), and during its running there are eight hurdles to be jumped. The race is the second leg of the Triple Crown of Hurdling and is scheduled to take place each year during the King George VI Chase meeting on Boxing Day. History During the 1960s Kempton staged a 2-mile handicap race on Boxing Day called the Kempton Park Handicap Hurdle. Its winners included Salmon Spray and Saucy Kit – both subsequent winners of the Champion Hurdle. The race was abandoned in 1967 and 1968, and it returned in the guise of the Christmas Hurdle in 1969. Five winners of the race in its present format have gone on to victory in the Champion Hurdle. The first was Lanzarote, the winner of the latter event in 1974, and the others are Dawn Run (1983–84), Kribensis (1989–90), Faugheen (2014–15) and Epatante (2019–20) Records Most successful horse since 1969 (2 wins): Coral Diver – 1969, 1971 Lanzarote – 1973, 1975 Kribensis – 1988, 1989 Intersky Falcon – 2002, 2003 Harchibald – 2004, 2008 Binocular – 2010, 2011 Faugheen – 2014, 2015 Epatante - 2019, 2021 Leading jockey since 1969 (5 wins): Tony McCoy – Straw Bear (2007), Binocular (2010, 2011), Darlan (2012), My Tent Or Yours (2013) Leading trainer since 1969 (11 wins): Nicky Henderson – Geos (2000), Landing Light (2001), Binocular (2010, 2011), Darlan (2012), My Tent Or Yours (2013), Buveur d'Air (2017), Verdana Blue (2018), Epatante (2019,2021), Constitution Hill (2022) Winners since 1969 See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British National Hunt races References Racing Post: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , pedigreequery.com – Christmas Hurdle – Kempton. External links Race Recordings 1983–2003 National Hunt races in Great Britain Kempton Park Racecourse National Hunt hurdle races