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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.
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Every winner since 1970, newest first. SP is the official returned price, with the favourite marker where it applied.
Stayers' Hurdle: Roll of Honour
| Year | Winner | Age | SP | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | |||||
| 2026 | Home By The Lee | 11 | 33/1 | J J Slevin | Joseph O'Brien |
| 2025 | Bob Olinger | 10 | 8/1 | Rachael Blackmore | Henry de Bromhead |
| 2024 | Teahupoo | 7 | 5/4f | Jack Kennedy | Gordon Elliott |
| 2023 | Sire Du Berlais | 11 | 33/1 | Mark Walsh | Gordon Elliott |
| 2022 | Flooring Porter | 7 | 4/1 | Danny Mullins | Gavin Cromwell |
| 2021 | Flooring Porter | 6 | 12/1 | Danny Mullins | Gavin Cromwell |
| 2020 | Lisnagar Oscar | 7 | 50/1 | Adam Wedge | Rebecca Curtis |
| 2010s | |||||
| 2019 | Paisley Park | 7 | 11/8f | Aidan Coleman | Emma Lavelle |
| 2018 | Penhill | 7 | 12/1 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2017 | Nichols Canyon | 7 | 10/1 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins |
| 2016 | Thistlecrack | 8 | evens f | Tom Scudamore | Colin Tizzard |
| 2015 | Cole Harden | 6 | 14/1 | Gavin Sheehan | Warren Greatrex |
| 2014 | More Of That | 6 | 15/2 | Barry Geraghty | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2013 | Solwhit | 9 | 17/2 | Paul Carberry | Charles Byrnes |
| 2012 | Big Buck's | 9 | 5/6f | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2011 | Big Buck's | 8 | 10/11f | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2010 | Big Buck's | 7 | 5/6f | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2000s | |||||
| 2009 | Big Buck's | 6 | 6/1 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2008 | Inglis Drever | 9 | 11/8f | Denis O'Regan | Howard Johnson |
| 2007 | Inglis Drever | 8 | 5/1 | Paddy Brennan | Howard Johnson |
| 2006 | My Way de Solzen | 6 | 8/1 | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2005 | Inglis Drever | 6 | 5/1 | Graham Lee | Howard Johnson |
| 2004 | Iris's Gift | 7 | 9/2 | Barry Geraghty | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2003 | Baracouda | 8 | 9/4jf | Thierry Doumen | François Doumen |
| 2002 | Baracouda | 7 | 13/8f | Thierry Doumen | François Doumen |
| 2001 | Not run — Entire Cheltenham Festival abandoned due to the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth disease outbreak; a substitute Gold Trophy Chase was run at Sandown in April | ||||
| 2000 | Bacchanal | 6 | 11/2 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
| 1990s | |||||
| 1999 | Anzum | 8 | 40/1 | Richard Johnson | David Nicholson |
| 1998 | Princeful | 7 | 16/1 | Rodney Farrant | Jenny Pitman |
| 1997 | Karshi | 7 | 20/1 | Jamie Osborne | Henrietta Knight |
| 1996 | Cyborgo | 6 | 8/1 | David Bridgwater | Martin Pipe |
| 1995 | Dorans Pride | 6 | 11/4f | Shane Broderick | Michael Hourigan |
| 1994 | Balasani | 8 | 9/2jf | Mark Perrett | Martin Pipe |
| 1993 | Shuil Ar Aghaidh | 7 | 20/1 | Charlie Swan | Paddy Kiely |
| 1992 | Nomadic Way | 7 | 15/2 | Jamie Osborne | Barry Hills |
| 1991 | King's Curate | 7 | 5/2f | Mark Perrett | Stan Mellor |
| 1990 | Trapper John | 6 | 15/2 | Charlie Swan | Mouse Morris |
| 1980s | |||||
| 1989 | Rustle | 7 | 4/1 | Michael Bowlby | Nicky Henderson |
| 1988 | Galmoy | 9 | 2/1f | Tommy Carmody | John Mulhern |
| 1987 | Galmoy | 8 | 9/2 | Tommy Carmody | John Mulhern |
| 1986 | Crimson Embers | 11 | 12/1 | Stuart Shilston | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1985 | Rose Ravine | 6 | 5/1f | Ricky Pusey | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1984 | Gaye Chance | 9 | 5/1 | Sam Morshead | Mercy Rimell |
| 1983 | A Kinsman | 7 | 50/1 | Geordie Dun | John Brockbank |
| 1982 | Crimson Embers | 7 | 2/1f | Stuart Shilston | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1981 | Derring Rose | 6 | 3/1 | John Francome | Fred Winter |
| 1980 | Mountrivers | 6 | 7/1 | Tommy Ryan | Edward O'Grady |
| 1970s | |||||
| 1979 | Lighter | 6 | 14/1 | Philip Blacker | John Edwards |
| 1978 | Flame Gun | 6 | 14/1 | Niall Madden | Edward O'Grady |
| 1977 | Town Ship | 6 | 5/2 | Tommy Carberry | Peter Easterby |
| 1976 | Bit Of A Jig | 8 | 2/1f | Dessie Hughes | Mick O'Toole |
| 1975 | Brown Lad | 9 | 7/4f | Tommy Carberry | Jim Dreaper |
| 1974 | Highland Abbe | 8 | 15/2 | Richard Smith | Les Kennard |
| 1973 | Moyne Royal | 8 | 10/1 | David Mould | Arthur Pitt |
| 1972 | Parlour Moor | 8 | 13/2 | Macer Gifford | Harry Thomson Jones |
The trends
Winning age
- 7yo
- 31%
- 6yo
- 30%
- 8yo
- 20%
- 9yo
- 11%
Age known for 54 of 54 winners (1972–2026)
Market
- Started favourite
- 31%
- Won at 10/1 or bigger
- 30%
- Won at 5/1 or shorter
- 48%
Starting price known for 54 of 54 winners (1972–2026)
Trainers & jockeys
- Most successful trainer
- Paul Nicholls (4)
- Most successful jockey
- Ruby Walsh (5)
54 runnings (1972–2026)
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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