| Grade 3 race | |
| Location | Haydock Park, Haydock, England |
|---|---|
| Race type | Hurdle race |
| Sponsor | Pertemps |
| Website | Haydock Park |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1m 7f 144y (3,149 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Four-years-old and up |
| Weight | Handicap |
| Purse | £80,000 (2024) 1st: £45,560 |
| 2024 | ||
| Pickanumber | Tapley | Tintintin |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ||
| Black Poppy | Teddy Blue | Takeit Easy |
| 2022 | ||
| N'Golo | Severance | Sebastopol |
| 2021 | ||
| Copperless | Cormier | Camprond |
| 1990-1988 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||
| Sybillin | Windbound Lass | Vestris Abu |
| 1989 | ||
| State Jester | Phils Pride | Jimbalou |
| 1988 | ||
| Past Glories | Cashew King | Beldale Star |
The Swinton 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 Haydock Park over a distance of about 1 mile 7½ furlongs (1 miles, 7 furlongs and 144 yards or 3,149 metres), and during its running there are nine hurdles to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.
The event was established in 1978, and it was initially sponsored by Royal Doulton. The winner of the inaugural race collected just over £20,000, making it the fourth most lucrative prize behind the Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle. Subsequent sponsors have included Swinton Insurance (1985–93), Crowther and Merewood Homes (1994–2003), Betfred (2006–07) and Totesport (2008–11). The present sponsors, Pertemps, began supporting the race in 2012. The Swinton Handicap Hurdle takes place at a meeting which features both jump and flat racing, and outside of the main National Hunt season (October-April), is the highest graded race in the calendar.
Records
Most successful horses (2 wins):
- Dreams End – 1994, 1997
- Eradicate – 2010, 2011
Leading jockeys (2 wins):
- Andy Turnell – Beacon Light (1979), Secret Ballot (1982)
- David Bridgwater – Winnie the Witch (1991), Tragic Hero (1996)
- Graham Lee – Coat of Honour (2005), Blue Bajan (2008)
- Paul Moloney – Barizan (2013), Ballyglasheen (2014)
- Adam Wedge - Silver Streak (2018), Black Poppy (2023)
Leading trainers (4 wins):
- Martin Pipe – Corporal Clinger (1985), Tragic Hero (1996), Rainbow Frontier (1998), Acambo (2006)
- Evan Williams - Barizan (2013), Ballyglasheen (2014), John Constable (2017), Silver Streak (2018)
Winners
- ^ The 1983 running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course
- ^ The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
See also
References
- ^ toteswinger Swinton Hurdle, haydock-park.co.uk, accessed 4 December 2009.
- ^ "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April". BBC Sport. 17 March 2020.
- pedigreequery.com – Swinton Handicap Hurdle – Haydock.
- racenewsonline.co.uk – Swinton Handicap Hurdle (2007).
- Ladbrokes Pocket Companion 1990/91. Aesculus Press. 1990. p. 72. ISBN 1-871093-21-X.
External links
- Race Recordings (1980, 1982, 1986-2003) youtube.com