Wessex Youth Trust Handicap Hurdle

Ladbroke
2016
Brain Power Consul De Thaix Fergall

The Wessex Youth Trust 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 Ascot over a distance of about 2 miles (1 mile 7 furlongs and 152 yards, or 3,219 metres). It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in December.

The race was first run in 2001, and was awarded Grade 3 status in 2013. Prior to 2016 it was run as The Ladbroke Handicap Hurdle.

Winners

Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer

2001 Marble Arch 5 10–11 Norman Williamson Hughie Morrison
2002 Chauvinist 7 10-00 Norman Williamson Nicky Henderson
2003 Thesis 5 11-02 Brian Crowley Venetia Williams
no race 2004 [1]
no race 2005 [1]
2006 Acambo 5 11-09 Timmy Murphy David Pipe
2007 Jack The Giant 5 11-00 Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson
2008 Sentry Duty 6 11-09 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson
no race 2009 [2]
no race 2010 [2]
2011 Raya Star 5 10-01 Wayne Hutchinson Alan King
2012 Cause of Causes 4 10–13 Davy Condon Gordon Elliott
2013 Willow's Saviour 6 10-05 Harry Skelton Dan Skelton
2014 Bayan 5 11-05 Davy Condon Gordon Elliott
2015 [3] Sternrubin 4 10-10 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs
Jolly's Cracked It 6 11–03 Noel Fehily Harry Fry
2016 Brain Power 5 11-11 David Mullins Nicky Henderson

1 The race was not held in 2004 and 2005 due to the closure of Ascot Racecourse for redevelopment.
2 The race was abandoned in 2009 and 2010 due to snow.
3 The 2015 renewal had a dead heat finish.

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