Most recent winners of the Ebor Handicap

The Ebor Handicap is widely seen as the most iconic race of the York Ebor Festival each year, and here we will take a look at the last five winners.

The York Ebor Festival is highly prestigious, and it is one of the final major race meetings of the flat racing season. The action is set to return once more to the historic York Racecourse for four days of enthralling racing from Wednesday 21st August to Saturday 24th August 2024.

An incredible atmosphere awaits the horses, trainers, and jockeys as they line up to compete for glory in all of the 28 races that are set to be run throughout this year’s edition of this famous festival.

There are a number of races that hold a significant amount of prestige, including the Juddmonte International (Day One), the Pertemps Network Yorkshire Oaks (Day Two), and the Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes (Day Three). Another is the Ebor Handicap, which is arguably the most prestigious of the lot.

It will probably come as little surprise that Lester Piggott, with the calibre of career that he had as a jockey – is the most successful jockey in the entire history of the Ebor Handicap as of the time of writing, with no less than 5 victories to his name. These wins came with Gladness (1958), Primera (1959), Die Hard (1961), Tintagel II (1970) and Jupiter Island (1983).

Here, we are going to take a look at the last five winners of the Ebor Handicap, starting with the 2019 renewal.

Mustajeer (2019)

The winner of the Ebor Handicap back in 2019 was Mustajeer, who was ridden to victory by jockey Colin Keane. The pre-race favourite Raheen House had to settle for a  9th place finish in the end, whilst it’s Cireren Fallon’s Red Galileo and Gerald Mosse’s Desert Skyline who fill in the other two spots in the top three with second and third place finishes respectively.

Mustajeer won the race that year by a narrow margin of three quarters of a length.

Fujaira Prince (2020)

The next winner of the York Ebor Handicap was Fujaira Prince, who won the 2020 renewal of this famous race. It was Jockey Andrea Atzeni who rode Fujaira Prince, the pre-race favourite to victory, with a half a length lead over runner-up Glencadam Glory, ridden by David Allan. Ryan Moore, on board Verdana Blue rounded off the top three in third place in the end.

Sonnyboyliston (2021)

Then came the 2021 Ebor Handicap the following year, and on this occasion, it was Ben Coen riding Sonnyboyliston who came out on top as the winner of this race in the end following what was an enthralling race. Silvestre De Sousa’s Alounak came in third place, whilst runner-up Quickthorn, ridden by Jason Hart, finished a length and a half behind the winner.

Trawlerman (2022)

Two years ago, it was Trawlerman who won the 2022 edition of the highly prestigious Ebor Handicap at York Racecourse. Jockey Frankie Dettori managed to fend off some stern competition from the likes of Patrick McDonald’s Alfred Boucher and William ‘Billy’ Lee’s Earl Of Tyrone, who had to settle for second and third place finishes in the end.

The margin of victory for Trawlerman stood at just a nose in one of the tightest and tensest Ebor Handicaps in recent memory.

Absurde (2023)

The most recent winner of the Ebor Handicap is Absurde, whose victory came just last year on 26th August 2023. Extraordinarily, this was a second consecutive victory in this race for Jockey Frankie Dettori, whose fantastic performance meant that he and Absurde had a winning margin of seven and a half lengths ahead of runner-up Sweet William, ridden by Robert Havlin. Oisin Murphy, onboard Live Your Dream, came in third place.

There is plenty of excitement and anticipation for the enthralling action to come across all four days at the historic York Racecourse for the 2024 York Ebor Festival, which is set to start on Wednesday 21st August before coming to a close on Saturday 24th August 2024.

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