Race type Hurdle race Website Haydock Park Track Left-handed Weight Handicap | Sponsor Pertemps Surface Turf Distance 3,219 m | |
Location Haydock Park,
Haydock, England | ||
1980 royal doulton handicap hurdle
The Swinton Handicap Hurdle, known for sponsorship purposes as the Pertemps Network 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.
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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. Subsequent sponsors have included Swinton Insurance (1985–93), Crowther and Merewood Homes (1994–2003) and Betfred (2006–07) and Totesport (2008-11). The present sponsors, Pertemps, began supporting the race in 2012. The Swinton Handicap Hurdle takes place at a meeting which features both jump and flat racing.
1994 crowther homes swinton handicap hurdle
Winners
1 The 1983 running was abandoned because of a waterlogged course.