The Supreme Novices' Hurdle is a race for novice hurdlers, run at the Cheltenham Festival, over a distance of two miles. It has Grade one status and is considered the premier race for short-distance novice hurdlers. Many winners of the race go on to become successful in the Champion Hurdle, or Chasing events, such as the Queen Mother Champion Chase. The Supreme Novices' Hurdle is traditionally the first race run at the Festival. The Cheltenham Festival is the most prestigious meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom. ... The Champion Hurdle is a United Kingdom National Hunt horse race for four-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 2 miles 110 yards at Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival in March. ... A steeplechase race The steeplechase is a form of horse racing (primarily conducted in the United Kingdom, United States, and Ireland) and derives its name from early races in which orientation of the course was by reference to a church steeple, jumping fences and ditches and generally traversing the many... The Queen Mother Champion Chase is a United Kingdom National Hunt horse race for five-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 2 miles at Cheltenham Racecourse during the Cheltenham Festival in March. ...