November Handicap
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The November Handicap is a flat
horse race
in Great Britain
which is open to thoroughbred
s aged three years or older. It is run at Doncaster
over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early November.
The event is a handicap, and it was established in 1876. It was originally held at Manchester
, where it was called the Manchester November Handicap. It was initially contested over 1 mile and 6 furlongs, and it was cut to its present length in 1903.
The race began a short spell at Pontefract
in 1942, and it returned to Manchester in 1946. The latter venue closed in 1963, and the event was transferred to Doncaster the following year. At its new home it was initially called the Manchester Handicap. For a period it took place in October on the same day as the Observer Gold Cup
. It was rescheduled for November in 1976, and since then it has been known by its present title.
The November Handicap is now run on the last day of the British turf flat racing season. It was sponsored by Totesport
(formerly the Tote) from 1994 to 2010 and by Betfred
from 2011.
Most successful horse:
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Leading jockey
(3 wins):
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Leading trainer
(5 wins):
The 1989 running took place at Thirsk
.
The 2006 edition was run at Windsor
over 1 mile, 3 furlongs and 135 yards.
Recurring events established in 1876 – this race is included under its original title, Manchester November Handicap.
Flat racing
Flat racing is a form of Thoroughbred horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance. It differs from steeplechase racing which is run over hurdles...
horse race
Horse racing
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in Great Britain
Great Britain
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which is open to thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
s aged three years or older. It is run at Doncaster
Doncaster Racecourse
Doncaster Racecourse is a racecourse in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It hosts two of Great Britain's 31 Group 1 flat races, the St Leger Stakes and the Racing Post Trophy.- History :...
over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs (2,414 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in early November.
The event is a handicap, and it was established in 1876. It was originally held at Manchester
Manchester Racecourse
Manchester Racecourse was a former racecourse in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Manchester Racecourse moved several times but remained within Salford in the 19th and 20th centuries...
, where it was called the Manchester November Handicap. It was initially contested over 1 mile and 6 furlongs, and it was cut to its present length in 1903.
The race began a short spell at Pontefract
Pontefract Racecourse
Pontefract Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.Pontefract is one of the best appointed courses of its kind in the country. There are modern bars and refreshment areas in all enclosures....
in 1942, and it returned to Manchester in 1946. The latter venue closed in 1963, and the event was transferred to Doncaster the following year. At its new home it was initially called the Manchester Handicap. For a period it took place in October on the same day as the Observer Gold Cup
Racing Post Trophy
The Racing Post Trophy is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to two-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 1 mile , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late October....
. It was rescheduled for November in 1976, and since then it has been known by its present title.
The November Handicap is now run on the last day of the British turf flat racing season. It was sponsored by Totesport
The Tote
The Tote, formerly the Horserace Totalisator Board, is a British bookmaker with head offices in Wigan. It was owned from its formation in 1928 by the UK Government but was sold to Betfred in July 2011. Under the brand totesport the Tote has 514 high street betting shops, outlets on Britain's 60...
(formerly the Tote) from 1994 to 2010 and by Betfred
Betfred
Betfred is a United Kingdom-based bookmaker, named after its co-founder Fred Done.Pronounced to rhyme with "bone". It was first established as a single shop in Ordsall, Salford, in 1967. Its turnover is over £3.5 billion having risen from £550 million in 2003. The company has more than 1350 betting...
from 2011.
Records
Most successful horse:
- no horse has won this race more than once
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Leading jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
(3 wins):
- Steve DonoghueSteve DonoghueSteve Donoghue was a leading English flat-race jockey in the 1910s and 1920s. He was Champion Jockey 10 times between 1914 and 1923 and was one of the most celebrated horse racing sportsmen after Fred Archer, arguably only Sir Gordon Richards eclipsing him.-Background:Born in Warrington, Cheshire,...
– Ultimus (1911), Old Orkney (1927), Saracen (1928) - Billy Nevett – Newton Ford (1936), Beinn Dearg (1940), Good Taste (1951)
- Joe MercerJoe Mercer (jockey)Joseph Mercer is a retired English Thoroughbred race horse jockey. He was active as a jockey from 1947 to 1985 and rode a total of 2,810 winners in Britain, a figure exceeded only by Sir Gordon Richards, Lester Piggott and Doug Smith at the time of Mercer’s retirement, and subsequently only...
– Paul Jones (1958), Misty Light (1971), Bold Rex (1985) - Willie CarsonWillie CarsonWilliam Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.-Life and career:Best known as "Miserable Willie", Carson was born in Stirling, Scotland. In 1957 he was apprenticed to Captain Gerald Armstrong at his stables at Tupgill, North Yorkshire...
– King Top (1972), Azzaam (1990), Hieroglyphic (1991)
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Leading trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
(5 wins):
- Sam Hall – Coltbridge (1950), Good Taste (1951), Torch Singer (1953), Tearaway (1955), Dalnamein (1960)
Winners since 1980
- Weights given in stones and poundPound (mass)The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in the Imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement...
s.Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer SP Starting PricesIn horse racing, the starting price is the odds prevailing in the on-course fixed-odds betting market at the time a race begins. The method by which SPs are set for each runner varies in different countries but is generally by consensus of an appointed panel on the basis of their observations of...Time 1980 Path of Peace 4 8-05 Jimmy Bleasdale Chris Thornton 14/1 1981 Lafontaine 4 8-07 George Duffield George DuffieldGeorge Duffield MBE is a retired English flat racing jockey.He served a seven year apprenticeship with Jack Waugh, and rode his first winner on 15 June 1967 at Great Yarmouth Racecourse on a horse called Syllable, trained by Waugh.He became stable jockey for trainer John C...Clive Brittain Clive BrittainClive Brittain is a British race-horse trainer. He began training as an apprentice in 1949, and on his own as a licensed trainer in the early 1970s. He currently trains at Carlburg Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk...16/1 1982 Double Shuffle (DH Tie (draw)To tie or draw is to finish a competition with identical or inconclusive results. The word "tie" is usually used in North America for sports such as American football. "Draw" is usually used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations and it is usually used for sports such as...
)3 9-00 George Duffield George DuffieldGeorge Duffield MBE is a retired English flat racing jockey.He served a seven year apprenticeship with Jack Waugh, and rode his first winner on 15 June 1967 at Great Yarmouth Racecourse on a horse called Syllable, trained by Waugh.He became stable jockey for trainer John C...Gavin Pritchard-Gordon 12/1 1982 Turkoman (DH Tie (draw)To tie or draw is to finish a competition with identical or inconclusive results. The word "tie" is usually used in North America for sports such as American football. "Draw" is usually used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations and it is usually used for sports such as...
)3 8-07 Dennis McKay Duncan Sasse 20/1 1983 Asir 3 8-07 Greville Starkey Greville StarkeyGreville Starkey was an English jockey who rode almost 2,000 winners during a 33-year career on the flat.Starkey scaled the heights of his profession during his 33-year career in which he rode 1,989 winners on the Flat...Guy Harwood Guy HarwoodGuy Harwood is a retired British racehorse trainer. Harwood was born in Pulborough, West Sussex, in 1939. Harwood began riding at the age of 18 and won 40 point-to-point races and 14 National Hunt races over the next few years...10/1 1984 Abu Kadra 3 8-12 Walter Swinburn Walter SwinburnWalter R. Swinburn is a retired flat racing jockey who competed in Great Britain and Ireland as well as internationally.Swinburn was born in Oxford...Michael Stoute Michael StouteSir Michael Ronald Stoute is a Barbadian British thoroughbred horse trainer in flat racing. Stoute, whose father was the Chief of police for Barbados, left the island in 1964 at the age of 19 to become an assistant to trainer Pat Rohan and began training horses on his own in 1972...25/1 1985 Bold Rex 3 8-07 Joe Mercer Joe Mercer (jockey)Joseph Mercer is a retired English Thoroughbred race horse jockey. He was active as a jockey from 1947 to 1985 and rode a total of 2,810 winners in Britain, a figure exceeded only by Sir Gordon Richards, Lester Piggott and Doug Smith at the time of Mercer’s retirement, and subsequently only...John Dunlop John L. DunlopJohn L. Dunlop is a successful race horse trainer based in Arundel, Sussex, with over 3000 winners between 1966 and 2002.He was the British flat racing Champion Trainer in 1995....20/1 1986 Beijing 3 8-04 Richard Quinn Paul Cole Paul ColePaul F. I. Cole is a British racehorse trainer. Since 1987 he has been based at Whatcombe Estate in Oxfordshire, the former stables of Dick Dawson and Arthur Budgett....16/1 2:38.48 1987 Swingit Gunner 6 8-11 Mark Birch Colin Tinkler 9/1 2:40.50 1988 Young Benz 4 8-04 Mark Birch Peter Easterby Peter EasterbyMiles Henry 'Peter' Easterby is a retired British racehorse trainer. He was British jump racing Champion Trainer three times....12/1 2:35.30 1989 Firelight Fiesta 4 9-08 Bruce Raymond Ben Hanbury 9/2 F 2:37.50 1990 Azzaam 3 9-08 Willie Carson Willie CarsonWilliam Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.-Life and career:Best known as "Miserable Willie", Carson was born in Stirling, Scotland. In 1957 he was apprenticed to Captain Gerald Armstrong at his stables at Tupgill, North Yorkshire...John Dunlop John L. DunlopJohn L. Dunlop is a successful race horse trainer based in Arundel, Sussex, with over 3000 winners between 1966 and 2002.He was the British flat racing Champion Trainer in 1995....7/1 2:38.07 1991 Hieroglyphic 3 8-13 Willie Carson Willie CarsonWilliam Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.-Life and career:Best known as "Miserable Willie", Carson was born in Stirling, Scotland. In 1957 he was apprenticed to Captain Gerald Armstrong at his stables at Tupgill, North Yorkshire...John Gosden John GosdenJohn Gosden is a racehorse trainer. Having trained over 2,000 winners since his return to England in 1989, including winners of the Breeders' Cup Classic, the Derby, the King George, the 1,000 Guineas and the St. Leger, he is generally considered one of the most successful racehorse trainers of...11/4 F 2:37.76 1992 Turgenev 3 9-00 Darryll Holland Darryll HollandDarryll Paul Holland is a United Kingdom flat racing jockey who has ridden for trainers such as Luca Cumani, Geoff Wragg, and Mark Johnston....John Gosden John GosdenJohn Gosden is a racehorse trainer. Having trained over 2,000 winners since his return to England in 1989, including winners of the Breeders' Cup Classic, the Derby, the King George, the 1,000 Guineas and the St. Leger, he is generally considered one of the most successful racehorse trainers of...10/1 2:35.99 1993 Quick Ransom 5 8-10 Jason Weaver Jason Weaver (jockey)Jason Weaver is a former British flat racing jockey who had much of his major success in the mid 1990s. In total, Weaver rode more than 1,000 winners in a career which spanned fourteen years.-Biography:...Mark Johnston 6/1 F 2:34.53 1994 Saxon Maid 3 8-09 Jason Weaver Jason Weaver (jockey)Jason Weaver is a former British flat racing jockey who had much of his major success in the mid 1990s. In total, Weaver rode more than 1,000 winners in a career which spanned fourteen years.-Biography:...Luca Cumani Luca CumaniLuca M. Cumani is an Italian thoroughbred horse trainer. He has trained at Bedford House Stables in Newmarket, England since 1976...16/1 2:43.82 1995 Snow Princess 3 8-02 Richard Hills Lord Huntingdon 5/1 F 2:31.90 1996 Clifton Fox 4 8-10 Nigel Day Jeremy Glover 9/1 2:40.19 1997 Sabadilla 3 7-08 Royston Ffrench John Gosden John GosdenJohn Gosden is a racehorse trainer. Having trained over 2,000 winners since his return to England in 1989, including winners of the Breeders' Cup Classic, the Derby, the King George, the 1,000 Guineas and the St. Leger, he is generally considered one of the most successful racehorse trainers of...10/1 2:41.68 1998 Yavana's Pace 6 9-10 Darryll Holland Darryll HollandDarryll Paul Holland is a United Kingdom flat racing jockey who has ridden for trainers such as Luca Cumani, Geoff Wragg, and Mark Johnston....Mark Johnston 8/1 2:36.73 1999 Flossy 3 7-07 Tony Beech Chris Thornton 5/1 2:44.65 2000 Batswing 5 8-08 Robert Winston Brian Ellison 14/1 2:44.24 2001 Royal Cavalier 4 7-10 Paul Quinn Reg Hollinshead 50/1 2:41.26 2002 Red Wine 3 8-01 Martin Dwyer Martin DwyerMartin Dwyer is an English Derby winning flat racing jockey having won the 2006 Vodafone Derby upon Sir Percy. This was his second classic success after winning the Epsom Oaks aboard Casual Look in 2003...Jamie Osborne Jamie OsborneJamie Osborne is a jockey and race horse trainer. Born 28 August 1967 he rode his first winner in March 1986 and in 1999 obtained his trainers licence. Once a favourite of the Queen Mother, he was acquitted of race fixing in 1998.-References:...16/1 2:46.59 2003 Turbo 4 9-02 Tony Clark Toby Balding Toby BaldingGerald Barnard Balding, Jr. OBE , known as Toby Balding, is a retired British racehorse trainer.-Biography:He was born in the United States where his father, Gerald Barnard Balding, Sr., ran a polo team and is part of a famous racing family. His brother, Ian Balding, also a retired trainer, trained...25/1 2:35.72 2004 Carte Diamond 3 9-06 Kieren Fallon Kieren FallonKieren Francis Fallon is a professional flat racing jockey and has been British Champion Jockey six times....Brian Ellison 12/1 2:43.16 2005 Come On Jonny 3 8-00 Nelson de Souza Ralph Beckett 14/1 2:43.65 2006 Group Captain 4 9-05 Richard Hughes Richard Hughes (jockey)Richard Hughes is an Irish flat jockey who most commonly rides in Great Britain. Born in Dublin, he is the son of successful National Hunt trainer, Dessie Hughes. His main provider of rides has been trainer Richard Hannon who is also his father in law andfrom 2001 to 2007 he was also retained by...Roger Charlton Roger CharltonRoger J. Charlton is an English racehorse trainer and a former flat racing jockey. He trains horses in Beckhampton Stables in Wiltshire, England. He has had many successes as a trainer in England and Europe, including victories in both the Epsom Derby and the Prix du Jockey Club in 1990...10/1 2:29.16 2007 Malt or Mash 3 8-10 Ryan Moore Richard Hannon Richard HannonRichard Hannon is a British horse trainer based in East Everleigh Stables, Marlborough, Wiltshire.Hannon's family has a tradition of horse training—his father was also a horse trainer, his son Richard is currently the assistant trainer, and his son-in-law Richard Hughes is the stable jockey. ...5/1 2:29.23 2008 Tropical Strait 5 8-13 Martin Dwyer Martin DwyerMartin Dwyer is an English Derby winning flat racing jockey having won the 2006 Vodafone Derby upon Sir Percy. This was his second classic success after winning the Epsom Oaks aboard Casual Look in 2003...David Arbuthnot 20/1 2:42.19 2009 Charm School 4 8-12 Jimmy Fortune Jimmy Fortune (jockey)Jimmy Fortune is an Irish thoroughbred jockey who, through 2008, has 76 wins from 528 rides. He apprenticed with Jim Bolger in Ireland. He was first licensed in 1987 and his first win came in 1988 at Thirsk riding Hitchinstown...John Gosden John GosdenJohn Gosden is a racehorse trainer. Having trained over 2,000 winners since his return to England in 1989, including winners of the Breeders' Cup Classic, the Derby, the King George, the 1,000 Guineas and the St. Leger, he is generally considered one of the most successful racehorse trainers of...17/2 2:35.96 2010 Times Up 4 8-13 Dane O'Neill John Dunlop John L. DunlopJohn L. Dunlop is a successful race horse trainer based in Arundel, Sussex, with over 3000 winners between 1966 and 2002.He was the British flat racing Champion Trainer in 1995....14/1 2:32.62
The 1989 running took place at Thirsk
Thirsk Racecourse
Thirsk Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England. The course is a left handed oval of about 1m2f with a 3f finishing straight and a 6f chute...
.
The 2006 edition was run at Windsor
Windsor Racecourse
Windsor Racecourse, also known as Royal Windsor Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Windsor, Berkshire, England. It is one of only two figure-of-eight courses in the United Kingdom, the other being at Fontwell Park. It abandoned National Hunt jump racing in December 1998,...
over 1 mile, 3 furlongs and 135 yards.
See also
- Horseracing in Great Britain
- List of British flat horse races
Recurring events established in 1876 – this race is included under its original title, Manchester November Handicap.