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 , 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 1900 Weights given in stones and pounds. Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer SP Time 1900 Jiffy II 5 8-04 Johnny Reiff John Huggins 3:01.60 1901 Gyp 6 8-05 Otto Madden Philip Peebles 2:59.20 1902 Wargrave 4 8-02 James Hare Harry Batho 3:01.40 1903 McYardley 5 Gilbert 1904 Warwolf 5 7-09 Billy Higgs Sullivan Evens 3:03.00 1905 The Page 5 7-06 Billy Higgs Sullivan 3:03.20 1906 Golden Measure 4 8-05 Danny Maher Major Edwards F 1907 Wuffy 4 7-12 Herbert Randall Captain Robert Dewhurst 1908 Rousay 4 8-12 William Halsey Tom Jennings Jr. F 3:05.60 1909 Dibs 4 8-00 Billy Higgs Charles Nugent 3:04.60 1910 Claretoi 6 6-10 Charles Ringstead J D Edwards 3:02.00 1911 Pillo 6 8-09 William Saxby Jack Robinson 2:58.00 1912 Election 5 7-04 William Huxley J Dawson 3:17.80 1913 Junior 4 9-00 William Huxley Etienne de Mestre F 2:58.00 1914-18 no race 1919 Race Rock 7 7-07 Freddy Lane Thomas Cannon Jr. 3:03.80 1920 Iron Hand 4 6-12 Edgar Crickmere Fergusson 3:01.00 1921 March Along 4 9-01 Bernard Carslake George Lambton 2:58.00 1922 Flint Jack 5 8-09 George Smith Ossie Bell 3:05.00 1923 Flint Jack 6 8-12 Hector Gray Ossie Bell 3:03.80 1924 Marvex 4 8-05 Ted Gardner Tash 3:08.40 1925 Chapeau 5 7-06 Gordon Richards Otto Madden 2:57.60 1926 Pons Asinorum 4 8-10 Harry Wragg Walter Earl F 2:59.60 1927 Cap-a-Pie 3 6-07 William Freeman Frank Butters 3:07.80 1928 Cinq a Sept 4 8-04 Joe Childs Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 3:01.60 1929 Bonny Boy II 5 8-01 Tommy Weston Peter Gilpin 2:56.20 1930 (dh) CoasterGentlemen's Relish 44 8-007-05 Freddie FoxJohnny Dines Fred TemplemanAtty Persse 3:01.40 1931 Brown Jack 7 9-05 Steve Donoghue Ivor Anthony 3:02.80 1932 Cat o'Nine Tails 5 7-08 Gordon Richards Jack Colling 2:56.20 1933 Dictum 5 7-04 Johnny Dines Tom Rimell 2:58.20 1934 Alcazar 3 8-05 Joe Childs Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 2:59.20 1935 Museum 3 7-13 Steve Donoghue Jack Rogers 2:58.60 1936 Penny Royal 3 7-09 Gordon Richards Fred Templeman 2:58.60 1937 Weathervane 4 7-10 Tommy Weston Joseph Lawson 2:57.20 1938 Foxglove II 3 8-01 Gordon Richards Fred Darling 2:56.60 1939 Owenstown 5 8-08 Joseph Taylor Matthew Peacock F 2:57.00 1940-42 no race 1943 Yorkshire Hussar 4 8-07 Geoff Littlewood Charles Elsey 2:41.00 1944 The Kernal 4 7-08 Percy Evans G F Oxtoby 2:43.80 1945 Wayside Inn 3 8-06 Harry Wragg Walter Earl 2:56.60 1946 Foxtrot 3 7-13 Edgar Britt Ted Lambton F 3:04.80 1947 Procne 4 8-04 Joe Sime Charles Elsey 2:55.40 1948 Donino 4 8-12 Joe Sime A Cooper 2:58.60 1949 Miraculous Atom 5 8-11 Billy Nevett Sam Hall 2:55.60 1950 Cadzow Oak 4 7-12 Jimmy Thompson Joe Thwaites 2:58.80 1951 Bob 4 6-12 Ted Carter Charles Elsey 2:57.60 1952 Signification 3 7-12 Herbert Jones Jack Pearce 2:56.40 1953 Norooz 4 8-04 Snowy Fawdon Marcus Marsh 2:55.80 1954 By Thunder! 3 6-12 Wally Swinburn Sam Armstrong 3:24.60 1955 Hyperion Kid 3 7-02 Peter Robinson Harry Wragg 2:57.40 1956 Donald 3 7-10 Doug Smith Jack Jarvis F 3:09.00 1957 Morecambe 4 7-09 Joe Sime Sam Hall 3:05.00 1958 Gladness 5 9-07 Lester Piggott Vincent O'Brien F 3:02.40 1959 Primera 5 9-00 Lester Piggott Noel Murless 2:57.80 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 Tommy 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 2026 Daiquiri Bay 4 9-07 Rossa Ryan Alan King 3:00.61
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
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British flat horse races
References
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External links Race Recordings (1975-1977, 1980-2003) youtube.com galopp-sieger.de – Ebor Handicap. pedigreequery.com – Ebor Handicap – York.