The Challow Hurdle run at Newbury between Christmas and the New Year has proved to be one of the best Grade 1 races in the calendar for the Champion Jockey Tony McCoy and he landed his fifth win in the 2 mile 5 furlong contest in December 2012. The winner Taquin De Seuil now heads to the Cheltenham Festival where the Neptune Investment Management Novices Hurdle looks a likely target.
2012 Challow Hurdle Result
| Pos | Dist | Horse | Trainer | Age | Jockey | SP |
| 1st | 6 Taquin Du Seuil (FR) | Jonjo O’Neill | 5 | A P McCoy | 13-8 F | |
| 2nd | 9 | 4 Easter Day | P F Nicholls | 4 | Nick Scholfield | 9-2 |
| 3rd | 3¾ | 2 Ballybough Pat (IRE) | A J Honeyball | 5 | Aidan Coleman | 5-1 |
| 4th | 45 | 1 Awaywiththegreys (IRE) | P Bowen | 5 | J E Moore | 25-1 |
| 5th | 52 | 5 Lucky Vic (IRE) | F Brennan | 6 | S Twiston-Davies | 66-1 |
| PU | 3 Clondaw Kaempfer (IRE) | D McCain Jnr | 4 | J M Maguire | 2-1 |
Previous Challow Hurdle Winners 2003-2012
| Year | Horse | Age | Jockey | Trainer | SP | OR | FAV |
| 2012 | Taquin du Seuil | 5 | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O’Neill | 13-8 | 137 | 1 |
| 2011 | Fingal Bay | 5 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs | 1-4 | 149 | 1 |
| 2010 | Backspin | 5 | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O’Neill | 5-1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | Reve de Sivola | 4 | Daryl Jacob | Nick Williams | 15-8 | 143 | 3 |
| 2008 | Diamond Harry | 5 | Timmy Murphy | Nick Williams | 4-6 | 147 | 1 |
| 2007 | Souffleur | 4 | Tom O’Brien | Peter Bowen | 7-1 | 140 | 4 |
| 2006 | Wichita Lineman | 5 | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O’Neill | 11-4 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | Denman | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | 5-2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | Brewster | 7 | David Dennis | Ian Williams | 3-1 | 137 | 2 |
| 2003 | Cornish Rebel | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | 5-2 | 0 | 1,6 |
