Class 2 race | |
Location | York Racecourse York, England |
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Inaugurated | 1843 |
Race type | Flat |
Sponsor | Sky Bet |
Website | York |
Race information | |
Distance | 1m 5f 188yd (2,787 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Four-years-old and up |
Weight | Handicap |
Purse | £500,000 (2023) 1st: £300,000 |
2023 | ||
Absurde | Sweet William | Live Your Dream |
Previous years | ||
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2022 | ||
Trawlerman | Alfred Boucher | Earl Of Tyrone |
2021 | ||
Sonnyboyliston | Quickthorn | Alounak |
1990-1988 | ||
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1990 | ||
Further Flight | Bean King | Holy Zeal |
1989 | ||
Sapience | Bush Hill | Horn Dance |
1988 | ||
Kneller | Raslaan | Tender Type |
The Ebor Handicap is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 1 mile 5 furlongs and 188 yards (2,787 metres). It is scheduled to take place each year in August.
The event is named after the shortened form of Eboracum, the Roman name for York. It was first run in 1843, and it was originally known as the Great Ebor Handicap. The race was introduced by John Orton, a newly appointed Clerk of the Course at York. It was initially contested over 2 miles (3.2 km), but its distance was later cut by 2 furlongs.
The planned running of the Ebor Handicap in 2008 was abandoned because of a waterlogged track. It was replaced by an event at Newbury called the Newburgh Handicap, a reference to the town's original Norman name.
The race is now held on the final day of York's four-day Ebor Festival meeting, and it is the most valuable flat handicap in Europe.[1] The prize money was increased to £500,000 from the 2018 running and then to £1,000,000 from 2019, making it the first British handicap race worth £1,000,000. In connection with the prize money increase three-year-olds were excluded from the race from the 2019 running. The prize money for the 2020 running of the race was reduced, in line with similar reductions in prize money of all British horse racing, due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Most successful horse (2 wins):
Leading jockey (5 wins):
Leading trainer (5 wins):
Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer | SP | Time |
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1976 | Sir Montagu | 3 | 8-00 | Willie Carson | Ryan Price | 1002.75 11/4 F | |
1977 | Move Off | 4 | 8-01 | Jimmy Bleasdale | J. Calvert | 1009 9/1 | |
1978 | Totowah | 4 | 8-01 | Paul Cook | Michael Jarvis | 1020 20/1 | |
1979 | Sea Pigeon | 9 | 9-14 10-00 | Jonjo O'Neill | Peter Easterby | 1018 18/1 | |
1980 | Shaftesbury | 4 | 8-05 | Greville Starkey | Michael Stoute | 1012 12/1 | |
1981 | Protection Racket | 3 | 8-01 | Mark Birch | Jeremy Hindley | 1007.5 15/2 | |
1982 | Another Sam | 5 | 9-02 | Brian Rouse | Richard Hannon Sr. | 1016 16/1 | |
1983 | Jupiter Island | 4 | 9-00 | Lester Piggott | Clive Brittain | 1009 9/1 | |
1984 | Crazy | 3 | 8-13 | Walter Swinburn | Guy Harwood | 1010 10/1 | |
1985 | Western Dancer | 4 | 8-06 | Paul Cook | Con Horgan | 1020 20/1 | |
1986 | Primary | 3 | 8-07 | Greville Starkey | Guy Harwood | 1006 6/1 | 2:55.34 |
1987 | Daarkom | 4 | 9-03 | Michael Roberts | Alec Stewart | 1006.5 13/2 | 3:05.08 |
1988 | Kneller | 3 | 8-01 | Paul Eddery | Henry Cecil | 1009 9/1 | 2:53.67 |
1989 | Sapience | 3 | 8-04 | Pat Eddery | Jimmy FitzGerald | 1007.5 15/2 | 2:57.03 |
1990 | Further Flight | 4 | 8-08 | Michael Hills | Barry Hills | 1007 7/1 JF | 2:55.04 |
1991 | Deposki | 3 | 7-03 | Francis Norton | Michael Stoute | 1012 12/1 | 3:03.48 |
1992 | Quick Ransom | 4 | 8-03 | Dean McKeown | Mark Johnston | 1016 16/1 | 2:55.48 |
1993 | Sarawat | 5 | 8-02 | Richard Quinn | Reg Akehurst | 1014 14/1 | 2:59.20 |
1994 | Hasten to Add | 4 | 9-03 | George Duffield | Sir Mark Prescott | 1006.5 13/2 F | 2:56.56 |
1995 | Sanmartino | 3 | 7-11 | Willie Carson | Barry Hills | 1008 8/1 | 2:53.62 |
1996 | Clerkenwell | 3 | 7-11 | Fergal Lynch | Michael Stoute | 1008.5 17/2 | 2:53.47 |
1997 | Far Ahead | 5 | 8-00 | Tyrone Williams | Les Eyre | 1033 33/1 | 2:58.21 |
1998 | Tuning | 3 | 8-07 | Kieren Fallon | Henry Cecil | 1004.5 9/2 F | 2:51.89 |
1999 | Vicious Circle | 5 | 8-04 | Kevin Darley | Luca Cumani | 1011 11/1 | 2:54.48 |
2000 | Give the Slip | 3 | 8-08 | Pat Eddery | Amanda Perrett | 1008 8/1 | 2:55.62 |
2001 | Mediterranean | 3 | 8-04 | Michael Kinane | Aidan O'Brien | 1016 16/1 | 2:55.85 |
2002 | Hugs Dancer | 5 | 8-05 | Dean McKeown | James Given | 1025 25/1 | 2:55.12 |
2003 | Saint Alebe | 4 | 8-08 | Richard Quinn | David Elsworth | 1020 20/1 | 2:54.96 |
2004 | Mephisto | 5 | 9-04 | Darryll Holland | Luca Cumani | 1006 6/1 | 3:06.10 |
2005 | Sergeant Cecil | 6 | 8-12 | Alan Munro | Rod Millman | 1011 11/1 | 2:54.56 |
2006 | Mudawin | 5 | 8-04 | John Egan | Jane Chapple-Hyam | 1100 100/1 | 2:57.78 |
2007 | Purple Moon | 4 | 9-04 | Jamie Spencer | Luca Cumani | 1003.5 7/2 F | 2:59.26 |
2008 | All the Good [a] | 5 | 9-00 | Dane O'Neill | Saeed bin Suroor | 1025 25/1 | 2:52.05 |
2009 | Sesenta | 5 | 8-08 | Gary Carroll | Willie Mullins | 1025 25/1 | 2:57.52 |
2010 | Dirar | 5 | 9-01 | Jamie Spencer | Gordon Elliott | 1014 14/1 | 2:57.13 |
2011 | Moyenne Corniche | 6 | 8-10 | Dale Swift | Brian Ellison | 1025 25/1 | 3:01.60 |
2012 | Willing Foe | 5 | 9-02 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 1012 12/1 | 3:00.75 |
2013 | Tiger Cliff | 4 | 9-00 | Tom Queally | Lady Cecil | 1005 5/1 | 3:03.36 |
2014 | Mutual Regard | 5 | 9-04 | Louis Steward | Johnny Murtagh | 1020 20/1 | 2:56.48 |
2015 | Litigant | 7 | 9-01 | Oisin Murphy | Joseph Tuite | 1033 33/1 | 3:00.16 |
2016 | Heartbreak City | 6 | 9-01 | Adam McNamara | Tony Martin | 1007.5 15/2 | 2:56.13 |
2017 | Nakeeta | 6 | 9-00 | Callum Rodriguez | Iain Jardine | 1012 12/1 | 2:56.54 |
2018 | Muntahaa | 5 | 9-09 | Jim Crowley | John Gosden | 1011 11/1 | 2:53.48 |
2019 | Mustajeer | 6 | 9-05 | Colin Keane | Ger Lyons | 1016 16/1 | 2:52.97 |
2020 | Fujaira Prince | 6 | 9-08 | Andrea Atzeni | Roger Varian | 1005.5 11/2 | 3:04.22 |
2021 | Sonnyboyliston | 4 | 9-08 | Ben Coen | Johnny Murtagh | 1010 10/1 | 2:56.10 |
2022 | Trawlerman | 4 | 9-03 | Frankie Dettori | John & Thady Gosden | 1009 9/1 | 2:58.03 |
2023 | Absurde | 5 | 9-07 | Frankie Dettori | Willie Mullins | 1007 7/1 | 2:56.41 |
* | The 1930 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners. |
The race was run at Pontefract in 1943 and 1944. |