Heroes Handicap Hurdle
The Heroes Handicap Hurdle is a Grade 3 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of about 2 miles and 7½ furlongs (2 miles 7 furlongs and 98 yards, or 4,716 metres), and during its running there are twelve hurdles to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late January or early February.
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| Green Book | Beauport | Dans Le Vent |
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| Limited Reserve | Ask Dillon | Go Whatever |
| 2019 | ||
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| Lord Napier | Coole Cody | Flemcara |
| 2018 | ||
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| Topofthegame | Golan Fortune | Melrose Boy |
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| Lord of the Island | Fortunate George | Fountains Windfall |
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| Saddlers Encore | Join The Clan | Yala Enki |
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| Invicta Lake | El Dancer | Hansupfordetroit |
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| Kilcrea Kim | Alfie Spinner | Dantari |
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| 2010 | ||
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| Beshabar | Erzen | Chief Yeoman |
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| Chief Yeoman | Ballydub | Night Cru |
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| The Tother One | Warne's Way | Hills of Aran |
| 2007 | ||
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| Taranis | Whispered Secret | Verasi |
| 2006 | ||
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| Ungaro | Sh Boom | Material World |
| 2005 | ||
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| Supreme Serenade | Fountain Hill | Gallery God |
| 2004 | ||
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| Baracouda | Yogi | Alexanderthegreat |
| 2003 | ||
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| Chopneyev | Camden Tanner | Whistling Dixie |
| 2002 | ||
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| Iris Royal | Surprising | Carlovent |
| 2001 | ||
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| The Extra Man | Ballet-K | Zabari |
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| Rubhahunish | Brandon Court | Teaatral |
| 1999 | ||
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| Teaatral | Just Nip | Melody Maid |
| 1998 | ||
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| Buckhouse Boy | Outset | Mistinguett |
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| Tullymurry Toff | Yahmi | Outset |
| 1996 | ||
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| Trainglot | Lucky Blue | Runaway Pete |
| 1995 | ||
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| Miracle Man | Olympian | Meditator |
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| Dark Honey | Dominant Serenade | Olympian |
| 1993 | ||
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| Trainglot | Sweet Duke | Peanuts Pet |
| 1992 | ||
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| Black Sapphire | Holy Joe | Balasani |
| 1991 | ||
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| Rouyan | Yaheeb | Gay Ruffian |
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| Special Vintage | Ryde Again | Cliffalda |
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| Hill-Street-Blues | Ruby Flight | Mynah Key |
The race was established in 1986, and it was originally run over 2 miles, 5 furlongs and 75 yards (4,293 metres). This was increased to its present length in 1993. The event's current title was introduced in 2008, prior to which it was known as the Sandown Handicap Hurdle. For much of its history the race was sponsored by Tote Bookmakers, and its title promoted such bets as the Tote Jackpot and the Tote Scoop6. Since 2020 it has been sponsored by Betway.
Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Weight |
Jockey |
Trainer |
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| 1986 | Hooray Henry | 6 | 10-05 | Hywel Davies | J. B. Sayers |
| 1987 | Taberna Lord | 6 | 09-10 | Luke Harvey | Jim Wilson |
| 1988 | Hill-Street-Blues | 10 | 10-02 | Stan Moore | Jimmy Fox |
| 1989 | Special Vintage | 9 | 10–12 | Mark Dwyer | Jimmy FitzGerald |
| no race 1990 [1] | |||||
| 1991 | Rouyan | 5 | 10-00 | W. Morris | Rod Simpson |
| 1992 | Black Sapphire | 5 | 10-00 | Brendan Powell | Mark Tompkins |
| 1993 | Trainglot | 6 | 10-02 | Mark Dwyer | Jimmy FitzGerald |
| 1994 | Dark Honey | 9 | 09-11 | Tony Dicken | Simon Dow |
| 1995 | Miracle Man | 7 | 10-00 | Peter Hobbs | Colin Weedon |
| 1996 | Trainglot | 9 | 11-01 | Richard Dunwoody | Jimmy FitzGerald |
| 1997 | Tullymurry Toff | 6 | 10–12 | Eddie Callaghan | Malcolm Jefferson |
| 1998 | Buckhouse Boy | 8 | 11-03 | Norman Williamson | David Nicholson |
| 1999 | Teaatral | 5 | 10-02 | Dean Gallagher | Charles Egerton |
| 2000 | Rubhahunish | 9 | 10-06 | Jamie Goldstein | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2001 | The Extra Man | 7 | 10-00 | Robert Thornton | Mick Ryan |
| 2002 | Iris Royal | 6 | 09-11 | Marcus Foley | Nicky Henderson |
| 2003 | Chopneyev | 5 | 10-05 | Richard Johnson | Richard Phillips |
| 2004 | Baracouda | 9 | 11–12 | Thierry Doumen | François Doumen |
| 2005 | Supreme Serenade | 6 | 10-10 | Paul Flynn | Philip Hobbs |
| 2006 | Ungaro | 7 | 10-08 | Jim Crowley | Keith Reveley |
| 2007 | Taranis | 6 | 10-03 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2008 | The Tother One | 7 | 10-09 | Sam Thomas | Paul Nicholls |
| 2009 | Chief Yeoman | 9 | 10-10 | Aidan Coleman | Venetia Williams |
| 2010 | Beshabar | 8 | 09-11 | Harry Skelton | Paul Nicholls |
| 2011 | Kilcrea Kim | 6 | 10–12 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
| no race 2012 [2] | |||||
| 2013 | Abandoned due to waterlogged state of hurdle course | ||||
| no race 2014 [3] | |||||
| 2015 | Invicta Lake | 8 | 10-09 | Tom O'Brien | Suzy Smith |
| 2016 | Saddlers Encore | 7 | 10-05 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
| 2017 | Lord of the Island | 9 | 10-10 | Willie Twiston-Davies | Fergal O'Brien |
| 2018 | Topofthegame | 6 | 11-07 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Paul Nicholls |
| 2019 | Lord Napier | 6 | 10-08 | Sean Bowen | Peter Bowen |
| 2020 | Limited Reserve | 8 | 09-12 | Jack Tudor | Christian Williams |
| no race 2021 | |||||
| 2022 | Green Book | 5 | 10-06 | Charlie Deutsch | Venetia Williams |
1 The 1990 running was abandoned because of waterlogging.
2 The 2012 running was abandoned due to frost.
3 The 2014 running was abandoned due to going conditions.[1]
See also
- Horseracing in Great Britain
- List of British National Hunt races
- Recurring events established in 1986 – this race is included under its former title, Sandown Handicap Hurdle.
References
- "Sandown switch to chase card". www.attheraces.com. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- pedigreequery.com – Heroes Handicap Hurdle – Sandown.
- Ladbrokes Pocket Companion 1992/93. Aesculus Press. 1992. p. 43. ISBN 1-871093-91-0.