The William Hill Handicap Hurdle is a Premier Handicap 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. The prize fund is £75,000.
The race was first run in 1989 and was awarded Grade 3 status in 2014. It was re-classified as a Premier Handicap from the 2023 running when Grade 3 status was renamed by the British Horseracing Authority. It was sponsored by Oddbins from 1991 to 2002 and has had various sponsors since then.
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 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 Brian Byrnes Eric 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 2021 Tronador 5 10-04 Jack Kennedy Denise Foster 2022 Langer Dan 6 11-01 Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 2023 Fennor Cross 6 11-01 Ben Harvey John McConnell 2024 Kateira 7 11-05 Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 2025 Wellington Arch 6 10-06 Jonjo O'Neill Jr. Jonjo O'Neill 2026 Wellington Arch 7 11-11 Jonjo O'Neill Jr. Jonjo & AJ O'Neill
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British National Hunt races
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