sentences:  The race was abandoned in 1967 and 1968, and it returned in the guise of the Christmas Hurdle in 1969.Five winners of the race in its present format have gone on to victory in the Champion Hurdle.The first was Lanzarote, the winner of the latter event in 1974, and the others are Dawn Run (1983–84), Kribensis (1989–90), Faugheen (2014–15) and Epatante (2019–20)
  
  
  Most successful horse since 1969 (2 wins)