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Ebor Handicap

Flat horse race in Britain

Summary

Flat horse race in Britain

Field	Value
class	Class 2
horse race	Ebor Handicap
location	York Racecourse
York, England
inaugurated	1843
race type	Flat
sponsor	Sky Bet
website	York
distance	1m 5f 188yd (2,787 metres)
surface	Turf
track	Left-handed
qualification	Four-years-old and up
weight	Handicap
purse	£500,000 (2025)
1st: £300,000

York, England 1st: £300,000 |} 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.

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 mi, 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. 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.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

Flint Jack – 1922, 1923

Leading jockey (5 wins):

Lester Piggott – Gladness (1958), Primera (1959), Die Hard (1961), Tintagel II (1970), Jupiter Island (1983)

Leading trainer (5 wins):

Tom Dawson – Godfrey (1844), Mark Tapley (1850), Pax (1860), Makeshift (1862), Mandrake (1867)

Winners since 1960

Weights given in stones and pounds.

Year	Winner	Age	Weight	Jockey	Trainer	SP	Time
1960	Persian Road	5	8-04	George Moore	Jeremy Tree		3:01.40
1961	Die Hard	4	8-09	Lester Piggott	Vincent O'Brien	F	2:58.80
1962	Sostenuto	4	8-10	Donald Morris	Bill Elsey		3:02.80
1963	Partholon	3	7-08	Joe Sime	Tim Shaw		3:06.80
1964	Proper Pride	5	7-11	Doug Smith	Walter Wharton		3:08.20
1965	Twelfth Man	4	7-05	Paul Cook	Harry Wragg	F	2:55.80
1966	Lomond	6	9-02	Eric Eldin	Ryan Jarvis		3:00.20
1967	Ovaltine	3	7-00	Ernie Johnson	Jack Watts		3:09.40
1968	Alignment	3	7-08	Ernie Johnson	Bill Elsey		3:04.00
1969	Big Hat	4	7-03	Ray Still	Dave Hanley		3:15.60
1970	Tintagel II	5	8-05	Lester Piggott	Richmond Sturdy	F	2:59.40
1971	Knotty Pine	5	8-07	Frankie Durr	Michael Jarvis	F	3:04.20
1972	Crazy Rhythm	4	8-06	Frankie Durr	Staff Ingham		2:54.50
1973	Bonne Noel	4	9-02	Christy Roche	Paddy Prendergast	F	3:05.35
1974	Anji	5	7-08	Terry McKeown	John Sutcliffe		2:58.06
1975	Dakota	4	9-04	Sandy Barclay	Sam Hall		3:02.81
1976	Sir Montagu	3	8-00	Willie Carson	Ryan Price	F	2:57.33
1977	Move Off	4	8-01	Jimmy Bleasdale	Jack Calvert		2:59.39
1978	Totowah	4	8-01	Paul Cook	Michael Jarvis		2:58.27
1979	Sea Pigeon	9	9-14 10-00	Jonjo O'Neill	Peter Easterby		3:05.25
1980	Shaftesbury	4	8-05	Greville Starkey	Michael Stoute		3:01.25
1981	Protection Racket	3	8-01	Mark Birch	Jeremy Hindley		3:02.76
1982	Another Sam	5	9-02	Brian Rouse	Richard Hannon Sr.		3:02.64
1983	Jupiter Island	4	9-00	Lester Piggott	Clive Brittain		3:01.30
1984	Crazy	3	8-13	Walter Swinburn	Guy Harwood		2:58.17
1985	Western Dancer	4	8-06	Paul Cook	Con Horgan		3:03.39
1986	Primary	3	8-07	Greville Starkey	Guy Harwood		2:55.34
1987	Daarkom	4	9-03	Michael Roberts	Alec Stewart		3:05.08
1988	Kneller	3	8-01	Paul Eddery	Henry Cecil		2:53.67
1989	Sapience	3	8-04	Pat Eddery	Jimmy FitzGerald		2:57.03
1990	Further Flight	4	8-08	Michael Hills	Barry Hills	JF	2:55.04
1991	Deposki	3	7-03	Franny Norton	Michael Stoute		3:03.48
1992	Quick Ransom	4	8-03	Dean McKeown	Mark Johnston		2:55.48
1993	Sarawat	5	8-02	Richard Quinn	Reg Akehurst		2:59.20
1994	Hasten to Add	4	9-03	George Duffield	Sir Mark Prescott	F	2:56.56
1995	Sanmartino	3	7-11	Willie Carson	Barry Hills		2:53.62
1996	Clerkenwell	3	7-11	Fergal Lynch	Michael Stoute		2:53.47
1997	Far Ahead	5	8-00	Tyrone Williams	Les Eyre		2:58.21
1998	Tuning	3	8-07	Kieren Fallon	Henry Cecil	F	2:51.89
1999	Vicious Circle	5	8-04	Kevin Darley	Luca Cumani		2:54.48
2000	Give the Slip	3	8-08	Pat Eddery	Amanda Perrett		2:55.62
2001	Mediterranean	3	8-04	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien		2:55.85
2002	Hugs Dancer	5	8-05	Dean McKeown	James Given		2:55.12
2003	Saint Alebe	4	8-08	Richard Quinn	David Elsworth		2:54.96
2004	Mephisto	5	9-04	Darryll Holland	Luca Cumani		3:06.10
2005	Sergeant Cecil	6	8-12	Alan Munro	Rod Millman		2:54.56
2006	Mudawin	5	8-04	John Egan	Jane Chapple-Hyam		2:57.78
2007	Purple Moon	4	9-04	Jamie Spencer	Luca Cumani	F	2:59.26
2008	All the Good	5	9-00	Dane O'Neill	Saeed bin Suroor		2:52.05
2009	Sesenta	5	8-08	Gary Carroll	Willie Mullins		2:57.52
2010	Dirar	5	9-01	Jamie Spencer	Gordon Elliott		2:57.13
2011	Moyenne Corniche	6	8-10	Dale Swift	Brian Ellison		3:01.60
2012	Willing Foe	5	9-02	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor		3:00.75
2013	Tiger Cliff	4	9-00	Tom Queally	Lady Cecil		3:03.36
2014	Mutual Regard	5	9-04	Louis Steward	Johnny Murtagh		2:56.48
2015	Litigant	7	9-01	Oisin Murphy	Joseph Tuite		3:00.16
2016	Heartbreak City	6	9-01	Adam McNamara	Tony Martin		2:56.13
2017	Nakeeta	6	9-00	Callum Rodriguez	Iain Jardine		2:56.54
2018	Muntahaa	5	9-09	Jim Crowley	John Gosden		2:53.48
2019	Mustajeer	6	9-05	Colin Keane	Ger Lyons		2:52.97
2020	Fujaira Prince	6	9-08	Andrea Atzeni	Roger Varian		3:04.22
2021	Sonnyboyliston	4	9-08	Ben Coen	Johnny Murtagh		2:56.10
2022	Trawlerman	4	9-03	Frankie Dettori	John & Thady Gosden		2:58.03
2023	Absurde	5	9-07	Frankie Dettori	Willie Mullins		2:56.41
2024	Magical Zoe	6	9-06	Billy Lee	Henry De Bromhead	F	2:58.21
2025	Ethical Diamond	5	9-08	William Buick	Willie Mullins	F	2:59.16

Earlier winners

1843: Pagan
1844: Godfrey
1845: Coheiress
1846: Arthur
1847: Mathematician
1848: Meaux
1849: The Hero
1850: Mark Tapley
1851: Nancy
1852: Adine
1853: Pantomime
1854: The Grand Inquisitor
1855: Vandal
1856: Warlock
1857: El Hakim
1858: Vedette
1859: Underhand
1860: Pax
1861: Rising Sun
1862: Makeshift
1863: Golden Pledge
1864: Raglan
1865: Verdant
1866: Westwick
1867: Mandrake
1868: Fair Wind
1869: Fortunio
1870: Paganini
1871: Not Out
1872: Albert Victor
1873: Louise Victoria
1874: Chivalrous
1875: Lily Agnes
1876: Lilian
1877: Il Gladiatore
1878: Caerau
1879: Isonomy
1880: Novice
1881: Mother Shipton
1882: Victor Emanuel
1883: Corrie Roy
1884: Ben Alder
1885: Mate
1886: Le Caissier
1887: Silence
1888: Nappa
1889: King Monmouth
1890: Silver Spur
1891: Buccaneer
1892: Alice
1893: Senaputty
1894: Quilon
1895: Llanthony
1896: Dingle Bay
1897: Harvest Money
1898: Invincible II
1899: Cassock's Pride
1900: Jiffy II
1901: Gyp
1902: Wargrave
1903: McYardley
1904: Warwolf
1905: The Page
1906: Golden Measure
1907: Wuffy
1908: Rousay
1909: Dibs
1910: Claretoi
1911: Pillo
1912: Election
1913: Junior
1914–18: no race
1919: Race Rock
1920: Iron Hand
1921: March Along
1922: Flint Jack
1923: Flint Jack
1924: Marvex
1925: Chapeau
1926: Pons Asinorum
1927: Cap-a-Pie
1928: Cinq a Sept
1929: Bonny Boy
1930: Coaster / Gentlemen's Relish *
1931: Brown Jack
1932: Cat o' Nine Tails
1933: Dictum
1934: Alcazar
1935: Museum
1936: Penny Royal
1937: Weathervane
1938: Foxglove II
1939: Owenstown
1940–42: no race
1943: Yorkshire Hussar
1944: The Kernel
1945: Wayside Inn
1946: Foxtrot
1947: Procne
1948: Donino
1949: Miraculous Atom
1950: Cadzow Oak
1951: Bob
1952: Signification
1953: Norooz
1954: By Thunder!
1955: Hyperion Kid
1956: Donald
1957: Morecambe
1958: Gladness
1959: Primera

	The race was run at Pontefract in 1943 and 1944.

References

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References

(21 August 2021). "Tribal craft can keep Balding ahead of the pack". The Times.
(3 April 2018). "Top York race the Ebor will be worth £1m next year".

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