The race is for juvenile novice hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Cheltenham Festival in March.
It is the leading event in the National Hunt calendar to be exclusively contested by juveniles, and it is the opening race on the final day of the Festival.
[1] During the early part of its history it was regularly contested by horses trained in France – six of the first seven winners were French-based.
The race was transferred to Cheltenham in 1965, and for a period thereafter it was sponsored by the Daily Express.
Four horses have achieved victory in both events – Clair Soleil, Persian War, Kribensis and Katchit.