# Stayers' Hurdle Winners: The Full Roll of Honour (1970-2026)

_Every Stayers' Hurdle winner since 1970 - horse, age, starting price, jockey and trainer - with the trends that emerge across the full roll of honour. Source-verified._

*Source: [https://stablebet.co.uk/uk-racecourses/cheltenham/stayers-hurdle-winners/](https://stablebet.co.uk/uk-racecourses/cheltenham/stayers-hurdle-winners/) · last updated 2026-07-19*

The Stayers' Hurdle is the three-mile hurdling championship, the feature of Thursday at the Cheltenham Festival. It became a championship race in 1972, so the roll of honour runs from then to 2026 - every winning horse with its age, starting price, jockey and trainer - with the trends that emerge across the whole history.

Every row is source-verified against two independent records; unsourced cells are left blank rather than guessed. The 2001 running is shown as not run, the Festival lost to the foot-and-mouth outbreak.

For the meeting, see [Cheltenham Racecourse](/uk-racecourses/cheltenham/) and the live [racecards](/racecards/).

Every winner since 1970, newest first. SP is the official returned price, with the favourite marker where it applied.

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### What the trends tell you

Read these as history, not a system. The Stayers' Hurdle rewards a genuine three-mile hurdler, and the best of them dominate: Big Buck's won it four years running (2009-2012) and Inglis Drever three times, with Ruby Walsh the leading modern jockey. Seven is the most common winning age. It is a specialist's race, and the specialists keep coming back. None of this is advice, it is simply what the race has done.

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## Stayers' Hurdle winners: FAQ

### Which horse has won the most Stayers' Hurdles?
Big Buck's, four years running from 2009 to 2012 - a modern staying-hurdle great. Inglis Drever won it three times in the 2000s.

### When did the Stayers' Hurdle become a championship race?
In 1972, when it replaced the Spa Hurdle at the Festival. That is why our roll of honour starts in 1972 rather than 1970.

### Was the Stayers' Hurdle run in 2001?
No. The 2001 Cheltenham Festival was abandoned in the foot-and-mouth outbreak; there is no 2001 winner.