Swinton Handicap Hurdle

The Swinton 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 Haydock Park over a distance of 2 miles (3,219 metres), and during its running there are nine hurdles to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.

The event was established in 1978, and it was initially sponsored by Royal Doulton. The winner of the inaugural race collected just over £20,000, making it the fourth most lucrative prize behind the Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle.^[1] Subsequent sponsors have included Swinton Insurance (1985–93), Crowther and Merewood Homes (1994–2003) and Betfred (2006–07). The present sponsors, Totesport, began supporting the race in 2008. The Swinton Handicap Hurdle takes place at a meeting which features both jump and flat racing.

Winners

• Weights given in stones and pounds.

¹ The 1983 running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course.

References

1. ^ toteswinger Swinton Hurdle, haydock-park.co.uk, accessed 4 December 2009.

• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

• pedigreequery.com – Swinton Handicap Hurdle – Haydock.
• racenewsonline.co.uk – Swinton Handicap Hurdle (2007).
• Ladbrokes Pocket Companion 1990/91. Aesculus Press. 1990. p. 72. ISBN 1-871093-21-X. 

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British National Hunt races