The Ebor Handicap is a
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handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at
York
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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
Eboracum () was a fort and later a city in the Roman province of Britannia. In its prime it was the largest town in northern Britain and a provincial capital. The site remained occupied after the decline of the Western Roman Empire and ultimat ...
, 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
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– ''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 1976
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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:
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* 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
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* 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
* 1900: Jiffy II
* 1901: Gyp
* 1902: Wargrave
* 1903: McYardley
* 1904: Warwolf
* 1905: The Page
* 1906: Golden Measure
* 1907: Wuffy
* 1908: Rousay
* 1909: Dibs
* 1910: Claretoi
* 1911: Pillo
* 1912: Election
* 1913: Junior
* 1914–18: ''no race''
* 1919: Race Rock
* 1920: Iron Hand
* 1921: March Along
* 1922: Flint Jack
* 1923: Flint Jack
* 1924: Marvex
* 1925: Chapeau
* 1926: Pons Asinorum
* 1927: Cap-a-Pie
* 1928: Cinq a Sept
* 1929: Bonny Boy
* 1930: Coaster / Gentlemen's Relish *
* 1931:
Brown Jack
* 1932: Cat o' Nine Tails
* 1933: Dictum
* 1934: Alcazar
* 1935: Museum
* 1936: Penny Royal
* 1937: Weathervane
* 1938: Foxglove II
* 1939: Owenstown
* 1940–42: ''no race''
* 1943: Yorkshire Hussar
* 1944: The Kernel
* 1945: Wayside Inn
* 1946: Foxtrot
* 1947: Procne
* 1948: Donino
* 1949: Miraculous Atom
* 1950: Cadzow Oak
* 1951: Bob
* 1952: Signification
* 1953: Norooz
* 1954: By Thunder!
* 1955: Hyperion Kid
* 1956: Donald
* 1957: Morecambe
* 1958: Gladness
* 1959: Primera
* 1960: Persian Road
* 1961: Die Hard
* 1962: Sostenuto
* 1963: Partholon
* 1964: Proper Pride
* 1965: Twelfth Man
* 1966: Lomond
* 1967: Ovaltine
* 1968: Alignment
* 1969: Big Hat
* 1970: Tintagel II
* 1971: Knotty Pine
* 1972: Crazy Rhythm
* 1973: Bonne Noel
* 1974: Anji
* 1975: Dakota
See also
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Horse racing in Great Britain
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List of British flat horse races
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