The Grey Horse Handicap is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to grey horses aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres) on the July course at Newmarket in August.
History
The race was inaugurated in 2003 after Newmarket Racecourse director Peter Jensen saw a similar race at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia. The race is the only race exclusively for grey horses in Great Britain. There was controversy in 2020 when two bay horses were entered for the race despite not meeting the requirement to be a grey horse. Their ineligibility was discovered at the five day entry stage.
Records Most successful horse (2 wins): Middleton Grey - 2004, 2005 Case Key – 2017, 2019
Leading jockey (2 wins): Ted Durcan – Compton's Eleven (2007), Syrian Pearl (2016)
Leading trainer (3 wins): Tony Newcombe - Middleton Grey (2004, 2005), Witchry (2010)
Winners Weights given in stones and pounds. Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer SP Time 2003 Smart Predator 7 10-00 Keith Dalgleish John Quinn F 1:12.39 2004 Middleton Grey 6 9-01 Johnny Murtagh Tony Newcombe 1:12.82 2005 Middleton Grey 7 8-12 Johnny Murtagh Tony Newcombe 1:13.35 2006 Clearing Sky 5 8-00 Matthew Henry Jim Boyle 1:13.27 2007 Compton's Eleven 6 9-10 Ted Durcan Mick Channon 1:13.72 2008 Finsbury 5 8-00 Nicky Mackay Jim Goldie 1:13.46 2009 Sarah's Art 6 8-07 Jim Crowley Stef Higgins 1:12.30 2010 Witchry 8 7-12 David Probert Tony Newcombe 1:15.86 2011 Time Medicean 5 8-09 Raul Da Silva Tony Carroll 1:11.96 2012 Medici Time 7 9-04 Eddie Ahern Tim Easterby 1:10.86 2013 Crew Cut 5 9-04 Robert Tart Jeremy Gask 1:12.74 2014 Moonspring 3 8-07 Liam Jones Robert Cowell 1:13.39 2015 George Bowen 3 9-06 Paddy Mathers Richard Fahey 1:10.06 2016 Syrian Pearl 5 9-10 Ted Durcan Chris Wall 1:12.05 2017 Case Key 4 9-01 Ben Curtis Michael Appleby 1:13.54 2018 My Amigo 5 9-07 P. J. McDonald Marjorie Fife 1:12.86 2019 Case Key 6 8-05 Jimmy Quinn Michael Appleby 1:11.17 2020 My Style 4 8-05 Georgia Dobie Eve Johnson Houghton F 1:11.07 2021 Mitrosonfire 3 9-06 Stefano Cherchi William Muir and Chris Grassick F 1:11.95 2022 Strike 4 8-09 Rob Hornby Jonathan Portman JF 1:14.06 2023 Silver Samurai 6 10-00 Andrea Atzeni Marco Botti 1:12.12 2024 Archduke Ferdinand 5 8-11 Alex Jary Seb Spencer 1:11.16 2025 Addison Grey 3 9-05 Jack Nicholls Clive Cox F 1:11.74 2026 Havana Blue 6 9-12 Ryan Sexton Julie Camacho F 1:11.48
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