Ebor Handicap
|} The Ebor Handicap is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at York 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, 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 – 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 Weights given in stones and pounds. 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: Warlock 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 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: