Adonis Juvenile Novices' Hurdle
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The Adonis Juvenile Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old novices run over a distance of 2 miles (3,219 metres) at Kempton Park Racecourse in February. There are eight hurdles to be jumped in the race.
The race is one of the principal trial races for the Triumph Hurdle. Since 1988 Mysilv, Katarino, Snow Drop and Penzance have all won both races.
Prior to 1994 it was run under the title of the Tote Placepot Hurdle.
[edit] Winners since 1988
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
| 1988 | Russian Affair | Dale McKeown | Reg Akehurst |
| 1989 | Royal Derbi | Hywel Davies | Neville Callaghan |
| 1990 | Philosophos | Willie McFarland | John Baker |
| 1991 | Marlingford | D Morris | Joan Jordan |
| 1992 | Qualitair Sound | J J Quinn | John Bottomley |
| 1993 | Amazon Express | Jamie Osborne | Reg Akehurst |
| 1994 | Mysilv | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
| 1995 | Greenback | Peter Hobbs | Philip Hobbs |
| 1996 | Zabadi | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
| 1997 | L'Opera | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
| 1998 | Fataliste | Tony McCoy | Martin Pipe |
| 1999 | Katarino | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
| 2000 | Snow Drop | Thierry Doumen | François Doumen |
| 2001 | Bilboa | Thierry Doumen | François Doumen |
| 2002 | Giocomo | Liam Cooper | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2003 | Well Chief | Tony McCoy | Martin Pipe |
| 2004 | Trouble at Bay | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2005 | Penzance | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2006 | Kasbah Bliss * | Arnaud Duchene | FrançoisDoumen |
| 2007 | Punjabi | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
* The 2006 race took place at Sandown Park as Kempton Park was closed for re-development.
