Ebor Handicap

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Ebor Handicap
Class 2 race
Location York Racecourse
York, England
Inaugurated1843
Race type Flat
Sponsor Sky Bet
Website York
Race information
Distance1m 5f 188yd (2,787 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFour-years-old and up
Weight Handicap
Purse £500,000 (2023)
1st: £300,000
Ebor Handicap
2023
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AbsurdeSweet WilliamLive Your Dream
Previous years
2022
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TrawlermanAlfred BoucherEarl Of Tyrone
2021
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2020-2011
2020
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2019
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MustajeerRed GalileoDesert Skyline
2018
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2017
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2016
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Heartbreak CityShrewdQuick Jack
2015
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LitigantWicklow BraveSuegioo
2014
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Mutual RegardVan PercyElidor
2013
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Tiger CliffGenzyNumber Theory
2012
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2011
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2010-2001
2010
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2004
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MephistoGold RingMikado
2003
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2002
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2001
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2000-1991
2000
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1999
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1998
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TuningSheer DanzigYavana's Pace
1997
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Far AheadMedia StarPuce
1996
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ClerkenwellBeauchamp JadeCorradini
1995
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SanmartinoMidyan BlueFoundry Lane
1994
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1993
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1992
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1991
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1990-1988
1990
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1989
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1988
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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.

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History

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]

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

Leading jockey (5 wins):

Leading trainer (5 wins):

Winners since 1976

YearWinnerAgeWeightJockeyTrainer SP Time
1976Sir Montagu38-00 Willie Carson Ryan Price 11/4 F
1977Move Off48-01Jimmy BleasdaleJ. Calvert9/1
1978Totowah48-01Paul Cook Michael Jarvis 20/1
1979 Sea Pigeon 9 10-00 Jonjo O'Neill Peter Easterby 18/1
1980Shaftesbury48-05 Greville Starkey Michael Stoute 12/1
1981 Protection Racket 38-01 Mark Birch Jeremy Hindley 15/2
1982Another Sam59-02Brian Rouse Richard Hannon Sr. 16/1
1983 Jupiter Island 49-00 Lester Piggott Clive Brittain 9/1
1984Crazy38-13 Walter Swinburn Guy Harwood 10/1
1985Western Dancer48-06Paul CookCon Horgan20/1
1986Primary38-07 Greville Starkey Guy Harwood 6/12:55.34
1987Daarkom49-03 Michael Roberts Alec Stewart13/23:05.08
1988Kneller38-01Paul Eddery Henry Cecil 9/12:53.67
1989Sapience38-04 Pat Eddery Jimmy FitzGerald15/22:57.03
1990 Further Flight 48-08 Michael Hills Barry Hills 7/1 JF2:55.04
1991Deposki37-03Francis Norton Michael Stoute 12/13:03.48
1992Quick Ransom48-03 Dean McKeown Mark Johnston 16/12:55.48
1993Sarawat58-02 Richard Quinn Reg Akehurst14/12:59.20
1994Hasten to Add49-03 George Duffield Sir Mark Prescott 13/2 F2:56.56
1995Sanmartino37-11 Willie Carson Barry Hills 8/12:53.62
1996Clerkenwell37-11Fergal Lynch Michael Stoute 17/22:53.47
1997Far Ahead58-00 Tyrone Williams Les Eyre33/12:58.21
1998Tuning38-07 Kieren Fallon Henry Cecil 9/2 F2:51.89
1999Vicious Circle58-04 Kevin Darley Luca Cumani 11/12:54.48
2000Give the Slip38-08 Pat Eddery Amanda Perrett 8/12:55.62
2001Mediterranean38-04 Michael Kinane Aidan O'Brien 16/12:55.85
2002Hugs Dancer58-05 Dean McKeown James Given25/12:55.12
2003Saint Alebe48-08 Richard Quinn David Elsworth 20/12:54.96
2004Mephisto59-04 Darryll Holland Luca Cumani 6/13:06.10
2005 Sergeant Cecil 68-12 Alan Munro Rod Millman11/12:54.56
2006Mudawin58-04John Egan Jane Chapple-Hyam 100/12:57.78
2007Purple Moon49-04 Jamie Spencer Luca Cumani 7/2 F2:59.26
2008 All the Good [lower-alpha 1] 59-00 Dane O'Neill Saeed bin Suroor 25/12:52.05
2009Sesenta58-08Gary Carroll Willie Mullins 25/12:57.52
2010Dirar59-01 Jamie Spencer Gordon Elliott 14/12:57.13
2011Moyenne Corniche68-10Dale SwiftBrian Ellison25/13:01.60
2012Willing Foe59-02 Frankie Dettori Saeed bin Suroor 12/13:00.75
2013Tiger Cliff49-00 Tom Queally Lady Cecil5/13:03.36
2014Mutual Regard59-04Louis Steward Johnny Murtagh 20/12:56.48
2015Litigant79-01 Oisin Murphy Joseph Tuite33/13:00.16
2016Heartbreak City69-01Adam McNamaraTony Martin15/22:56.13
2017Nakeeta69-00Callum RodriguezIain Jardine12/12:56.54
2018Muntahaa59-09 Jim Crowley John Gosden 11/12:53.48
2019Mustajeer69-05 Colin Keane Ger Lyons16/12:52.97
2020Fujaira Prince69-08 Andrea Atzeni Roger Varian 11/23:04.22
2021 Sonnyboyliston 49-08Ben Coen Johnny Murtagh 10/12:56.10
2022Trawlerman49-03 Frankie Dettori John & Thady Gosden 9/12:58.03
2023Absurde59-07 Frankie Dettori Willie Mullins 7/12:56.41
  1. The 2008 running took place at Newbury over 1 mile, 5 furlongs and 61 yards

Earlier winners

*The 1930 race was a dead-heat and has joint winners.
The race was run at Pontefract in 1943 and 1944.

See also

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