Contenders Hurdle

Contenders Hurdle
2022
Goshen Guard Your Dreams Global Citizen
2020-2011
2020
Quel Destin Call Me Lord Eldorado Allen
2019
Buveur D'Air Vision Des Flos Roksana
2018
Buveur D'Air John Constable Cap'n
2017
Buveur D'air Rayvin Black Irving
2016
Connetable Rayvin Black Peace And Co
2015
Garde La Victoire Jollyallan Bristol De Mai
2013
Rock On Ruby Countrywide Flame Clerk's Choice
2011
Binocular Ruthenoise Siberian Tiger
2010-2001
2010
Binocular Dee Ee Williams Marodima
2009
Celestial Halo Osana Afsoun
2008
Afsoun Straw Bear Osako D'airy
2007
Detroit City Straw Bear Whispered Promises
2006
Royal Shakespeare Alph Mister McGoldrick
2005
Self Defense Rooster Booster Chivalry
2004
Rhinestone Cowboy Garde Champetre Teaatral
2003
Rooster Booster Self Defense Telimar Prince
2002
Bilboa Rodock Teaatral
2001
Teaatral Bounce Back Geos
2000-1991
2000
Auetaler Mr Percy Master Beveled
1999
Midnight Legend Master Beveled Juyush
1998
Master Beveled Shadow Leader Marello
1997
Double Symphony Chief's Song Ground Nut
1996
Atours Land Afar Telasco
1995
Land Afar Absalom's Lady Bokaro
1994
Muse Valfinet Mole Board
1993
Mole Board Valfinet Ruling
1992
Fidway Oh So Risky Forest Sun
1991
Voyage Sans Retour Fidway Major Inquiry
1990-1988
1989
Aldino Yaheeb Chesham Squire
1988
Celtic Chief Celtic Shot Pat's Jester
 

The Contenders Hurdle was a Listed National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which was open to horses aged four years or older. It was run at Sandown Park over a distance of about 2 miles (1 mile 7 furlongs and 216 yards, or 3,319 metres), and during its running there were eight hurdles to be jumped. The race took place each year in late January or early February.

The race was first run in 1949 and was originally titled the Oteley Hurdle, and it was contested over a length of 2 miles (3,219 metres). Winners in the 1970s included Lanzarote and Sea Pigeon, and during the 1980s it was won by Desert Orchid and See You Then.

From the early 1990s until 2007 the race was sponsored by Agfa, and it was known as the Agfa Hurdle. In 1993 its distance was extended by 110 yards (about 100 metres) to the current length. It was most recently sponsored by Betfred. The 2008 running was classed at Grade 2 level, but the event was reverted to its former Listed status in 2009. Prior to 2010 it was open to horses aged five and over. The race often served as a trial for the Champion Hurdle, and the last horse to win both events in the same year was Buveur d'Air in 2017 and 2018.

The race was discontinued in 2023. Nicky Henderson who had won six of the last twelve runnings lamented the fact that it would be no longer an option for preparing his intended Champion Hurdle candidates saying "I had my favourite race at Sandown, it was worth nothing, but was perfect timing - but not surprisingly, it only had three or four runners (every year) and they've done away with it." In April 2023 the British Horseracing Authority confirmed that the race had been removed from the jumps pattern programme in the 2022–23 season.

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