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The Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle, is a Grade 3 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of about 1 mile and 7½ furlongs (1 mile 7 furlongs and 152 yards, or 3,156 metres). It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in December.
The race was first run in Great Britain in 2001 having been staged as The Ladbroke Handicap Hurdle in January at Leopardstown in Ireland prior to that. The Irish race continued under different sponsored titles and is now run as the Liffey Handicap Hurdle. The Ascot race was awarded Grade 3 status in 2013. It continued to be run as the Ladbroke Handicap Hurdle until 2015, and the 2016 running was titled the Wessex Youth Trust Handicap Hurdle. In 2017 the race title promoted the Racing Welfare charity, and from 2018 to 2023 the race was sponsored by Betfair. Ladbrokes began a further period of sponsorship in 2024 and the race took its present title.
Winners
Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer |
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2001 | Marble Arch | 5 | 10-11 | Norman Williamson | Hughie Morrison |
2002 | Chauvinist | 7 | 10-00 | Norman Williamson | Nicky Henderson |
2003 | Thesis | 5 | 11-02 | Brian Crowley | Venetia Williams |
2005 (Jan) | Tamarinbleu | 5 | 10-11 | Tony McCoy | Martin Pipe |
2006 (Jan) | Desert Air | 7 | 10-09 | Tom Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
2006 (Dec) | Acambo | 5 | 11-09 | Timmy Murphy | David Pipe |
2007 | Jack The Giant | 5 | 11-00 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
2008 | Sentry Duty | 6 | 11-09 | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
2009 | no race 2009 | ||||
2010 | no race 2010 | ||||
2011 | Raya Star | 5 | 10-01 | Wayne Hutchinson | Alan King |
2012 | Cause of Causes | 4 | 10-13 | Davy Condon | Gordon Elliott |
2013 | Willow's Saviour | 6 | 10-05 | Harry Skelton | Dan Skelton |
2014 | Bayan | 5 | 11-05 | Davy Condon | Gordon Elliott |
2015 | Sternrubin | 4 | 10-10 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
Jolly's Cracked It | 6 | 11-03 | Noel Fehily | Harry Fry | |
2016 | Brain Power | 5 | 11-11 | David Mullins | Nicky Henderson |
2017 | Hunters Call | 7 | 10-03 | Jack Kennedy | Olly Murphy |
2018 | Mohaayed | 6 | 11-10 | Harry Skelton | Dan Skelton |
2019 | Not So Sleepy | 7 | 10-03 | Jonathan Burke | Hughie Morrison |
2020 | Not So Sleepy | 8 | 11-06 | Tom O'Brien | Hughie Morrison |
2021 | Tritonic | 4 | 11-00 | Adrian Heskin | Alan King |
2022 | no race 2022 | ||||
2023 | Luccia | 5 | 11-08 | Paul O'Brien | Nicky Henderson |
2024 | Fiercely Proud | 5 | 10-13 | Kielan Woods | Ben Pauling |
- ^ The race was run at Sandown Park in January in the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons due to the closure of Ascot Racecourse for redevelopment
- ^ The race was abandoned in 2009 and 2010 due to snow
- The 2015 renewal had a dead heat finish
- The 2022 race was abandoned because of a frozen track
See also
References
- Armytage, Marcus (18 December 2001). "The first ever British running of the Ladbroke Hurdle". London: telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2010.