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The Heroes Handicap Hurdle is a Premier Handicap National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of about 2 miles and 7½ furlongs (2 miles 7 furlongs and 98 yards, or 4,716 metres), and during its running there are twelve hurdles to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late January or early February.

The race was established in 1986, and it was originally run over 2 miles, 5 furlongs and 75 yards (4,293 metres). This was increased to its present length in 1993. The event's current title was introduced in 2008, prior to which it was known as the Sandown Handicap Hurdle. For much of its history the race was sponsored by Tote Bookmakers, and its title promoted such bets as the Tote Jackpot and the Tote Scoop6. Since 2020 it has been sponsored by Betway.

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Weight
Jockey
Trainer
1986 Hooray Henry 610-05 Hywel Davies J. B. Sayers
1987 Taberna Lord 609-10Luke Harvey Jim Wilson
1988 Hill-Street-Blues 1010-02 Stan Moore Jimmy Fox
1989 Special Vintage 910–12 Mark Dwyer Jimmy FitzGerald
no race 1990 [1]
1991 Rouyan 510-00W. Morris Rod Simpson
1992 Black Sapphire 510-00 Brendan Powell Mark Tompkins
1993 Trainglot 610-02 Mark Dwyer Jimmy FitzGerald
1994 Dark Honey 909-11 Tony Dicken Simon Dow
1995 Miracle Man 710-00 Peter Hobbs Colin Weedon
1996 Trainglot 911-01 Richard Dunwoody Jimmy FitzGerald
1997 Tullymurry Toff 610–12 Eddie Callaghan Malcolm Jefferson
1998 Buckhouse Boy 811-03 Norman Williamson David Nicholson
1999 Teaatral 510-02 Dean Gallagher Charles Egerton
2000 Rubhahunish 910-06 Jamie Goldstein Nigel Twiston-Davies
2001 The Extra Man 710-00 Robert Thornton Mick Ryan
2002 Iris Royal 609-11 Marcus Foley Nicky Henderson
2003 Chopneyev 510-05 Richard Johnson Richard Phillips
2004 Baracouda 911–12 Thierry Doumen François Doumen
2005 Supreme Serenade 610-10 Paul Flynn Philip Hobbs
2006 Ungaro 710-08 Jim Crowley Keith Reveley
2007 Taranis 610-03 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2008 The Tother One 710-09 Sam Thomas Paul Nicholls
2009 Chief Yeoman 910-10 Aidan Coleman Venetia Williams
2010 Beshabar 809-11 Harry Skelton Paul Nicholls
2011 Kilcrea Kim 610–12 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs
no race 2012 [2]
2013Abandoned due to waterlogged state of hurdle course
no race 2014 [3]
2015 Invicta Lake 810-09 Tom O'Brien Suzy Smith
2016Saddlers Encore710-05 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs
2017Lord of the Island910-10Willie Twiston-Davies Fergal O'Brien
2018 Topofthegame 611-07 Sam Twiston-Davies Paul Nicholls
2019Lord Napier610-08 Sean Bowen Peter Bowen
2020Limited Reserve809-12Jack TudorChristian Williams
no race 2021
2022Green Book510-06Charlie Deutsch Venetia Williams
2023Green Book611-04Charlie Deutsch Venetia Williams
2024Saint Davy711-01Jonjo O'Neill Jr Jonjo O'Neill

1 The 1990 running was abandoned because of waterlogging.
2 The 2012 running was abandoned due to frost.
3 The 2014 running was abandoned due to going conditions. [1]

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References

  1. "Sandown switch to chase card". www.attheraces.com. Retrieved 1 February 2014.