The Relkeel Hurdle is a Grade 2 race run at the Cheltenham December meeting over 2m5½f. There is no race over the same distance at the Cheltenham Festival in March.
The 2012 renewal took place on Saturday 15th December with Oscar Whisky confirming his status as leading middle distance hurder in these islands.
Relkeel Hurdle 2012 result
| Pos. | Horse | SP | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
| 1 | Oscar Whisky (IRE) | 1-5 | 7 | B J Geraghty | N J Henderson |
| 2 | Crack Away Jack | 5-1 | 8 | N Fehily | T R George |
| 3 | Brampour (IRE) | 14-1 | 5 | Harry Derham | P F Nicholls |
Relkeel Hurdle Stats 2002-2011
- The Nicky Henderson/ Barry Geraghty trainer/jockey partnership has combined to win on 2 of the last 3 renewals
- Alan King has trained 3 of the last 9 winners
- Robert Thornton and Tony McCoy have twice ridden the winner since 2002
- there have been 4 winning favourites since 2002
- last nine winners aged between 4 and 7
- 4 of the last 5 winers rated 161 +
Relkeel Hurdle Winners 2002-2011
| Year | Horse | Age | Jockey | Trainer | OR | SP | FAV |
| 2011 | Oscar Whisky | 6 | Barry Geraghty | N J Henderson | 165 | 4-9 | 1 |
| 2010 | Karabak | 7 | Tony McCoy | Alan King | 161 | 5-1 | 4 |
| 2009 | Zaynar | 4 | Barry Geraghty | N J Henderson | 162 | 1-5 | 1 |
| 2008 | No race | ||||||
| 2007 | Pouvoir | 4 | Robert Thornton | Alan King | 131 | 8-1 | 4 |
| 2006 | Black Jack Ketchum | 7 | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O’Neill | 161 | 4-11 | 1 |
| 2005 | Mighty Man | 5 | Richard Johnson | Henry Daly | 138 | 11-2 | 2,F |
| 2004 | Lough Derg | 4 | Timmy Murphy | Martin Pipe | 134 | 13-2 | 5 |
| 2003 | Crystal d’Ainay | 4 | Robert Thornton | Alan King | 140 | 2-1 | 1 |
| 2002 | Eternal Spring | 5 | Ruby Walsh | J Fanshawe | 142 | 3-1 | 2 |
