The Long Walk Hurdle run at Ascot just before Christmas is a Grade 1 hurdle over three miles.
It is one of the strongest pointers to the following years World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
Here are the decared runners snipped from the 2013 Long Walk Hurdle racecard:
Long Walk Hurdle Trends
- Before Big Bucks three in a row previous winners were since 2002 were rated between 142 and 165
- AP McCoy has ridden the winner 3 times since 2002
- Paul Nicholls has trained Big Bucks to win the last three renewals but has had no other winner in the race
- Floyd (1990), Deano’s Beano (2002) and Baracouda (2004) have been the only winners aged older than 8 since 1970
- There have been 7 winning favourites in the last decade
Long Walk Hurdle Winners 2002-2012
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Age | OR |
| 2012 | Reve De Sivola | Johnson, R | Williams, N | 7 | 149 |
| 2011 | Big Bucks (FR) | Walsh, R | Nicholls, P F | 8 | 174 |
| 2010 | Big Bucks (FR) | McCoy, A P | Nicholls, P F | 7 | 174 |
| 2009 | Big Bucks (FR) | Walsh, R | Nicholls, P F | 6 | 174 |
| 2008 | Punchestowns (FR) | Geraghty, B J | Henderson, N J | 5 | 160 |
| 2007 | Lough Derg (FR) | Scudamore, T | Pipe, D E | 7 | 142 |
| 2006 | Mighty Man (FR) | Johnson, R | Daly, H D | 6 | 165 |
| 2005 | My Way De Solzen (FR) | Thornton, R | King, A | 5 | 149 |
| 2004 | Baracouda (FR) | McCoy, A P | Doumen, F | 9 | 0 |
| 2003 | Baracouda (FR) | Doumen, T | Doumen, F | 8 | 0 |
| 2002 | Deanos Beeno | McCoy, A P | Pipe, M C | 10 | 155 |
