Presents:-
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THE STAYER'S HURDLE
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Grade 1 Class 1 Championship Hurdle
over 2 Mile 7 Furlongs 213 Yards
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THE RACE
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The Stayers' Hurdle is a Grade 1 championship hurdle race.
The Stayers' Hurdle is the most prestigious 3 mile hurdle race in the whole calendar and is run for long distance hurdlers on the third day of the Cheltenham festival.
First Run in 1972 this is the race that all top class long distance hurdlers are aimed at all season.
As this is something of a specialist race there have been many multiple winners
Initially known as the Stayers' Hurdle until renamed by the then sponsors as the World Hurdle in 2005 and reverted back to Stayers Hurdle in 2017 when the sponsors changed.
The race is open to all horses of the age 4 years and over.
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PREVIEWED RACES
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The 2022 Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle See our guide HERE.
The 2021 Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle See our guide HERE.
The 2020 Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle See our guide HERE.
The 2019 Sun Racing Stayers' Hurdle See our guide HERE.
The 2018 Sun Bets Stayers' Hurdle See our guide HERE.
The 2017 Sun Bets Stayers' Hurdle See our guide HERE.
The 2016 Ryanair World Hurdle See our guide HERE.
The 2015 Ladbrokes World Hurdle See our guide HERE.
The 2014 Ladbrokes World Hurdle See our guide HERE.
The 2013 Ladbrokes World Hurdle See our guide HERE.
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PAST WINNERS
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| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 2020 | Lisnagar Oscar | 7 | Adam Wedge | Rebecca Curtis | Racing for Fun |
| 2019 | Paisley Park | 7 | Aidan Coleman | Emma Lavelle | Andrew Gemmell |
| 2018 | Penhill | 7 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins | Tony Bloom |
| 2017 | Nichols Canyon | 7 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins | Andrea and Graham Wylie |
| 2016 | Thistlecrack | 8 | Tom Scudamore | Colin Tizzard | John and Heather Snook |
| 2015 | Cole Harden | 6 | Gavin Sheehan | Warren Greatrex | Jill and Robin Eynon |
| 2014 | More of That | 6 | Barry Geaghty | Jonjo o'Neill | John P McManus |
| 2013 | Solwhit | 9 | P.Carberry | C Byrnes | Top Of The Hill Syndicate |
| 2012 | Big Buck's | 9 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | Stewart Family |
| 2011 | Big Buck's | 8 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | Stewart Family |
| 2010 | Big Buck's | 7 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | Stewart Family |
| 2009 | Big Buck's | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls | Stewart Family |
| 2008 | Inglis Drever | 9 | Denis O'Regan | Howard Johnson | Andrea & Graham Wylie |
| 2007 | Inglis Drever | 8 | Paddy Brennan | Howard Johnson | Andrea & Graham Wylie |
| 2006 | My Way de Solzen | 6 | Robert Thornton | Alan King | Winfield, Longman et al. |
| 2005 | Inglis Drever | 6 | Graham Lee | Howard Johnson | Andrea & Graham Wylie |
| 2004 | Iris's Gift | 7 | Barry Geraghty | Jonjo O'Neill | Robert Lester |
| 2003 | Baracouda | 8 | Thierry Doumen | François Doumen | J. P. McManus |
| 2002 | Baracouda | 7 | Thierry Doumen | François Doumen | J. P. McManus |
| no race 2001 | |||||
| 2000 | Bacchanal | 6 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson | Lady Lloyd-Webber |
| 1999 | Anzum | 8 | Richard Johnson | David Nicholson | Old Foresters Partnership |
| 1998 | Princeful | 7 | Rodney Farrant | Jenny Pitman | Robert Hitchins |
| 1997 | Karshi | 7 | Jamie Osborne | Henrietta Knight | 3rd Baron Vestey |
| 1996 | Cyborgo | 6 | David Bridgwater | Martin Pipe | County Stores Ltd |
| 1995 | Dorans Pride | 6 | Shane Broderick | Michael Hourigan | Tom Doran |
| 1994 | Balasani [1] | 8 | Mark Perrett | Martin Pipe | Mark Smith |
| 1993 | Shuil Ar Aghaidh | 7 | Charlie Swan | Paddy Kiely | Mrs Paddy Kiely |
| 1992 | Nomadic Way | 7 | Jamie Osborne | Barry Hills | Robert Sangster |
| 1991 | King's Curate | 7 | Mark Perrett | Stan Mellor | C. J. Ells |
| 1990 | Trapper John | 6 | Charlie Swan | Mouse Morris | Jill Fanning |
| 1989 | Rustle | 7 | Michael Bowlby | Nicky Henderson | Robert Waley-Cohen |
| 1988 | Galmoy | 9 | Tommy Carmody | John Mulhern | Miss D. Threadwell |
| 1987 | Galmoy | 8 | Tommy Carmody | John Mulhern | Miss D. Threadwell |
| 1986 | Crimson Embers | 11 | Stuart Shilston | Fulke Walwyn | Sally Smart |
| 1985 | Rose Ravine | 6 | Ricky Pusey | Fulke Walwyn | Sally Smart |
| 1984 | Gaye Chance | 9 | Sam Morshead | Mercy Rimell | Mary Curtis |
| 1983 | A Kinsman | 7 | Geordie Dun | John Brockbank | Mrs John Brockbank |
| 1982 | Crimson Embers | 7 | Stuart Shilston | Fulke Walwyn | Sally Smart |
| 1981 | Derring Rose | 6 | John Francome | Fred Winter | Peter Savill |
| 1980 | Mountrivers | 6 | Tommy Ryan | Edward O'Grady | B. Burser |
| 1979 | Lighter | 6 | Philip Blacker | John Edwards | G. Smith |
| 1978 | Flame Gun | 6 | Mr Niall Madden | Edward O'Grady | Mary Kenny |
| 1977 | Town Ship | 6 | Tommy Carberry | Peter Easterby | Pat Muldoon |
| 1976 | Bit of a Jig | 8 | Dessie Hughes | Mick O'Toole | Mrs Mick O'Toole |
| 1975 | Brown Lad | 9 | Tommy Carberry | Jim Dreaper | Mrs Peter Burrell |
| 1974 | Highland Abbe | 8 | Richard Smith | Les Kennard | Mrs K. Hankey |
| 1973 | Moyne Royal | 8 | David Mould | Arthur Pitt | E. Cook |
| 1972 | Parlour Moor | 8 | Macer Gifford | Harry Thomson Jones | Charlotte Monkton |
