Merseyrail Handicap Hurdle
The Merseyrail Handicap Hurdle is a Grade 3 National Hunt handicap hurdle race in England which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Aintree over a distance of about 2 miles and 4 furlongs (4,023 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in April.
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| Three Musketeers | Point Of Principle | Canardier |
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| Jester Jet | Eaton Hill | Who Dares Wins |
| 2017 | ||
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| Rather Be | Dream Berry | Geordie Des Champs |
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| Party Rock | Champagne at Tara | Starchitect |
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| Theinval | The Saint James | Daneking |
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| Clondaw Kaempfer | Caid Du Berlais | Cash And Go |
| 2013 | ||
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| Minella Forfitness | Clerk's Choice | Meister Eckhart |
| 2012 | ||
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| Attaglance | Tour D'argent | Los Nadis |
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| Russian War | Reindeer Dippin | Wyse Hill Teabags |
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| Sir Harry Ormesher | Black Jack Blues | Pistolet Noir |
| 2009 | ||
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| Sunnyhillboy | Prince Taime | Bedlam Boy |
| 2008 | ||
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| Auroras Encore | I'm So Lucky | Ring The Boss |
| 2007 | ||
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| Two Miles West | Gods Token | Shatabdi |
| 2006 | ||
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| Strangely Brown | Saltango | Penny Pictures |
| 2005 | ||
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| Genghis | Tamarinbleu | Mirpour |
| 2004 | ||
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| Zibeline | Unleash | Redemption |
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| Patriot Games | Gralmano | Canada |
The race was first run in 1989 and was awarded Grade 3 status in 2014. It was sponsored by Oddbins from 1991 to 2002 and has had various sponsors since then, most recently Merseyrail since 2019.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer |
| 1989 | Hill Street | 7 | 10-05 | Mark Dwyer | Jimmy FitzGerald |
| 1990 | Sayparee | 5 | 11-03 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1991 | Trefelyn Cone | 7 | 10-05 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1992 | Ninepins | 5 | 10-04 | Charlie Swan | Arthur Moore |
| 1993 | Gallateen | 5 | 10–11 | Neale Doughty | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1994 | Kadi | 5 | 11-07 | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
| 1995 | Squire Silk | 6 | 11-00 | Simon McNeill | Andy Turnell |
| 1996 | Outset | 6 | 10-01 | Chris Bonner[lower-alpha 1] | Micky Hammond |
| 1997 | Cadougold | 6 | 10-04 | Charlie Swan | Martin Pipe |
| 1998 | Khayrawani | 6 | 10–10 | Fran Berry | Christy Roche |
| 1999 | Khayrawani | 7 | 11-07 | Fran Berry | Christy Roche |
| 2000 | Quakers Field | 7 | 10-05 | Mattie Batchelor | Gary Moore |
| 2001 | Crazy Horse | 8 | 11–10 | Tony Dobbin | Len Lungo |
| 2002 | Ravenswood | 5 | 10-05 | Tom Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 2003 | Patriot Games | 9 | 10–04 | Charlie Swan | Charlie Swan |
| 2004 | Zibeline | 7 | 10-06 | Graham Lee | Brian Ellison |
| 2005 | Genghis | 6 | 10–13 | Tony McCoy | Peter Bowen |
| 2006 | Strangely Brown | 5 | 11-05 | Charles Byrnes | E McNamara |
| 2007 | Two Miles West | 6 | 10-07 | Noel Fehily | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2008 | Auroras Encore | 6 | 10–12 | Tjade Collier | Sue Smith |
| 2009 | Sunnyhillboy | 6 | 11-00 | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2010 | Sir Harry Ormesher | 7 | 11-01 | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2011 | Russian War | 8 | 10-01 | Paul Carberry | Gordon Elliott |
| 2012 | Attaglance | 6 | 11–12 | Harry Haynes | Malcolm Jefferson |
| 2013 | Minella Forfitness | 6 | 10-03 | David Bass | Nicky Henderson |
| 2014 | Clondaw Kaempfer | 6 | 11-04 | Wayne Hutchinson | Donald McCain |
| 2015 | Theinval | 5 | 11-04 | Jeremiah McGrath | Nicky Henderson |
| 2016 | Party Rock | 9 | 10-08 | Sean Quinlan | Jennie Candlish |
| 2017 | Rather Be | 6 | 11-02 | Jeremiah McGrath | Nicky Henderson |
| 2018 | Jester Jet | 8 | 10-09 | Robert Dunne | Tom Lacey |
| 2019 | Three Musketeers | 9 | 10-05 | Jack Kennedy | Gordon Elliott |
| no race 2020 [lower-alpha 2] |
- amateur jockey
- The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom[1]
References
- "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April". BBC Sport. 17 March 2020.
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