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Betfair Stayers’ Handicap Hurdle: Past Winners, Stats & History

Betfair Chase Day
Course:
Haydock
Jumps Course
Grade:
Premier Handicap
Length:
3m ½f
Last Winner:
Botox Has @ 17/2
Prize Money:
£125,000 (2022)

There is an excellent Saturday card on offer from Haydock Park towards the end of November, with a number of the big names from the previous season making their return to the track.

The Betfair Chase may be the headline act, but there’s plenty more on offer besides, including this staying handicap for the hurdlers. Until 2017 this race utilised rarely used Fixed Brush hurdles before reverting to regular hurdles and is often seen as an ideal stepping stone from the hurdling to chasing ranks.

The Betfair Stayers’ Handicap Hurdle was run for the first time in 2005 and has been a Grade 3 since 2011, renamed as a Premier Handicap in 2022. Notable winners include Diamond Harry in 2009, Grand Crus in 2010 and Paisley Park in 2018.

Betfair Stayers’ Handicap Hurdle Course Map (Jumps Course)

Haydock Jumps Racecourse Map

Betfair Stayers’ Handicap Hurdle Past Winners

Year Winner SP Trainer Jockey
2022 Botox Has 17/2 Gary Moore Caoilin Quinn
2021 Dans Le Vent 16/1 Evan Williams Isabel Williams
2020 Main Fact 13/2 David Pipe Fergus Gillard
2019 Stoney Mountain 16/1 Henry Daly Tom O'Brien
2018 Paisley Park 4/1 Emma Lavelle Aidan Coleman
2017 Sam Spinner 6/1 Jedd O’Keefe Joe Colliver
2016 Kruzhlinin 9/1 Philip Hobbs Richard Johnson
2015 Baradari 12/1 Dan Skelton Harry Skelton
2014 Aubusson 9/1 Nick Williams Lizzie Kelly
2013 Gevrey Chambertin 6/1 David Pipe Tom Scudamore
2012 Trustan Times 10/1 Tim Easterby Dougie Costello
2011 Dynaste 7/1 David Pipe Conor O'Farrell
2010 Grands Crus 6/4 David Pipe Tom Scudamore
2009 Diamond Harry 9/2 Nick Williams Timmy Murphy
2008 According to Pete 11/2 Malcolm Jefferson Graham Lee
2007 Millenium Royal 20/1 Francois Doumen Christophe Pieux
2006 Halcon Genelardais 5/1 Alan King Rpbert Thornton
2005 St Matthew 25/1 Sue Smtih Padge Whelan

About the Stayers’ Handicap Hurdle: Stamina On Show At Haydock

Haydock Hurdle Race
gerald murphy, flickr

First run in 2005, this 3m½f contest for the staying handicappers has quickly become an integral part of the hurdling programme for those runners who boast stamina as their strong suit. Open to horses aged four and older, this Premier Handicap (previously Grade 3) event is scheduled to take place at the Merseyside venue of Haydock in November each year.

Initially held over the slightly shorter trip of 2m 7f, it wasn’t until the 2018 renewal of the race that the current distance was introduced. The type of obstacle encountered by the competitors has also varied over the first 15 editions, with the French style “Fixed Brush” hurdles being utilised between 2007 and 2016. These stiffer obstacles are essentially similar in construction to British fences but smaller in size. The race reverted back to standard hurdles in 2017.

Whilst the trip and hurdle type may have altered over time, one thing which has remained constant up to 2022 is the sponsorship of the race. Betfair lent their support to the very first edition of the race and have maintained that backing ever since.

Younger Runners Hold The Edge

Being a hurdle contest, it perhaps isn’t too surprising that the younger performers have led the way in this event to date. The edge has nevertheless been pretty pronounced, with over 66% of the opening 18 editions falling to a runner aged either five or six.

Chart Showing the Ages of the Betfair Stayers' Handicap Hurdle Winners Between 2005 and 2022

Those over seven years of age have rarely troubled the judge, and so special mention must go to the Philip Hobbs runner Kruzhlinin, who became the oldest winner in the early history of the race when coming home in front in 2016 at the ripe old age of nine.

Pipe And Scudamore At The Double

One interesting fact about the opening 18 editions of this race is just how open it has been in terms of the variety of trainers and jockeys to have come home in front. As of 2022 only two trainers and one jockey have landed the prize on more than once occasion.

Chart Showing the Betfair Stayers' Handicap Hurdle Winning Trainers Between 2005 and 2022

David Pipe is the standout trainer here with four victories between 2010 and 2020. Only Nick Williams with Diamond Harry and Aubusson has been able to join Pipe in training more than one winner of this contest.

Teaming up with David Pipe onboard Grands Crus in 2010 and Gevrey Chambertin in 2013, Tom Scudamore holds the narrowest of leads in the jockey tables for the race.

Paisley Top Of The Pile

This may ‘only’ be a handicap contest, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t attracted a number of extremely high-class performers over the years. Millenium Royal (2007) was a Grade 1 winner in France; whilst Diamond Harry (2009), Grand Crus (2010), Dynaste (2011) and Sam Spinner (2017) all counted a domestic Grade 1 success on their CV. Synchronised meanwhile could manage only third in this in 2011, but went on to enter the history books with a famous win under Sir Tony McCoy in the 2012 Cheltenham Gold Cup.

The classiest winner of the race as of 2022 though, is 2018 victor Paisley Park. Emma Lavelle’s stable star announced himself on the staying hurdle scene success in this race and went on to dominate the division, with three Grade 1 wins to date – including success in the 2019 Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

Paisley Park’s Graded Race Victories

Date Race Course Grade SP Winnings
29th Jan 2022 Cleeve Hurdle Cheltenham 2 5/1 £39k
19th Dec 2020 Long Walk Hurdle Ascot 1 9/4 £46k
25th Jan 2020 Cleeve Hurdle Cheltenham 2 4/6 £34k
29th Nov 2019 Long Distance Hurdle Newbury 2 8/15 £29k
14th Mar 2019 Stayers’ Hurdle Cheltenham 1 11/8 £183k
26th Jan 2019 Cleeve Hurdle Cheltenham 2 10/3 £34k
22nd Dec 2018 Long Walk Hurdle Ascot 1 8/1 £57k
24th Nov 2018 Stayers’ Handicap Hurdle Haydock 3 4/1 £57k

Other Races of Note at Haydock

  • Betfair Chase
  • Betfair Stayers’ Handicap Hurdle
  • Grand National Trial
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