Betfair Exchange Trophy Handicap Hurdle Explained

|}The Betfair Exchange Trophy 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.[1] 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 since 2018 the race has been sponsored by Betfair.

Winners

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YearWinnerAgeWeightJockeyTrainer
2001Marble Arch510–11Norman WilliamsonHughie Morrison
2002Chauvinist710-00Norman WilliamsonNicky Henderson
2003Thesis511-02Brian CrowleyVenetia Williams
2005 (Jan)Tamarinbleu510-11Tony McCoyMartin Pipe
2006 (Jan)Desert Air710-09Tom ScudamoreMartin Pipe
2006 (Dec)Acambo511-09Timmy MurphyDavid Pipe
2007Jack The Giant511-00Mick FitzgeraldNicky Henderson
2008Sentry Duty611-09Barry GeraghtyNicky Henderson
2009no race 2009
2010no race 2010
2011Raya Star510-01Wayne HutchinsonAlan King
2012Cause of Causes410–13Davy CondonGordon Elliott
2013Willow's Saviour610-05Harry SkeltonDan Skelton
2014Bayan511-05Davy CondonGordon Elliott
2015 Sternrubin410-10Richard JohnsonPhilip Hobbs
Jolly's Cracked It611-03Noel FehilyHarry Fry
2016Brain Power511-11David MullinsNicky Henderson
2017Hunters Call710-03Jack KennedyOlly Murphy
2018Mohaayed611-10Harry SkeltonDan Skelton
2019Not So Sleepy710-03Jonathan BurkeHughie Morrison
2020Not So Sleepy811-06Tom O'BrienHughie Morrison
2021Tritonic411-00Adrian HeskinAlan King
2022no race 2022
2023Luccia511-08Paul O'BrienNicky Henderson

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References

Notes and References

  1. News: The first ever British running of the Ladbroke Hurdle . telegraph.co.uk . December 18, 2001 . 2010-02-12 . London . Marcus . Armytage.