2003 Betfair Hurdle

Spirit Leader (IRE) won the 2003 Betfair Hurdle at Newbury on 8 February 2003, trained by Mrs John Harrington and ridden by Norman Williamson, at 14/1, beating Non So (FR) by 1½ lengths.

Updated 2003-02-08

Quick answers

Who won the Betfair Hurdle in 2003? Spirit Leader (IRE) won the 2003 Betfair Hurdle at Newbury on 8 February 2003, trained by Mrs John Harrington and ridden by Norman Williamson, at 14/1, beating Non So (FR) by 1½ lengths.
Who came second in the 2003 Betfair Hurdle? Non So (FR) (9/2F) finished second, and Tikram (GB) (25/1) was third.
Did the favourite win the 2003 Betfair Hurdle? No. The 9/2 favourite Non So (FR) finished 2nd of 27.
What was the winning time of the 2003 Betfair Hurdle? Spirit Leader (IRE) won in 3m 50.10s over 2m½f on Good going.
How much prize money did the 2003 Betfair Hurdle winner get? Spirit Leader (IRE) earned £69,600 for winning the 2003 Betfair Hurdle.
How many ran in the 2003 Betfair Hurdle? 27 ran in the 2003 Betfair Hurdle (average since 1990: 18.7).

Spirit Leader (IRE)Winner

14/1SP

27 ranRunners

3m 50.10sWinning time

£69,600Prize to winner

Non So (FR) (9/2F): 2nd of 27Favourite

Full result

Pos	Btn	Horse	SP	Age	Wgt	Jockey	Claim	Trainer	OR	Headgear	Owner	Total btn	Time	Prize
1	won 1½	Spirit Leader (IRE)	14/1	7	10-0	Norman Williamson	-	Mrs John Harrington	131	-	D Thompson	-	3m 50.10s	£69,600
2	1½	Non So (FR)	9/2F	5	9-11	Marcus Foley	3	Nicky Henderson	131	-	Roa Dawn Run Partnership	1½	-	£26,400
3	3½	Tikram (GB)	25/1	6	10-0	Leighton Aspell	-	Gary Moore	131	-	Mike Charlton And Rodger Sargent	5	-	£13,200
4	1	In Contrast (IRE)	6/1	7	10-13	Richard Johnson	-	Philip Hobbs	144	-	Peter Emery And A Staple	6	-	£6,000
5	1½	Benbyas (GB)	16/1	6	9-12	Paddy Brennan	5	Declan Carroll	134	-	C H Stephenson Partners	7½	-	£3,000
6	shd	Monkerhostin (FR)	33/1	6	10-0	Jim Culloty	-	Oliver Sherwood	131	-	M G St Quinton	7½	-	£1,800
7	1½	Quazar (IRE)	11/1	5	10-10	Tony Dobbin	-	Jonjo O'Neill	141	t	C D Carr	9	-	-
8	4	Bernardon (GER)	66/1	7	10-0	Gerry Supple	-	M C Pipe	131	v	The Macca Growler Partnership	13	-	-
9	shd	Warjan (FR)	66/1	6	9-11	Tony Evans	3	Richard Phillips	131	-	Graeme Love	13¼	-	-
10	½	Polar Red (GB)	50/1	6	10-10	Jamie Moore	7	M C Pipe	148	v	Lady Clarke	13¾	-	-
11	1	Chauvinist (IRE)	14/1	8	10-7	Barry Geraghty	-	Nicky Henderson	138	-	Mrs E Roberts Nick Roberts	14¾	-	-
12	½	Gralmano (IRE)	9/1	8	10-0	Barry Fenton	-	Kevin Ryan	131	-	Coleorton Moor Racing	15¼	-	-
13	2½	Atlantic Rhapsody (FR)	25/1	6	10-1	R Walsh	-	T M Walsh	132	-	Atlantic Racing Limited	17¾	-	-
14	1¼	Moving On Up (GB)	50/1	9	10-0	Noel Fehily	-	Charlie Mann	131	b	Hugh Villiers	19	-	-
15	¾	Copeland (GB)	20/1	8	11-12	Rodi Greene	-	M C Pipe	157	v	Professor D B A Silk Mrs Heather Silk	19¾	-	-
16	shd	Regal Exit (FR)	25/1	7	10-2	Timmy Murphy	-	Nicky Henderson	133	-	Brian Buckley	19¾	-	-
17	3	Haditovski (GB)	66/1	7	9-11	C Rafter	3	John Mackie	131	v	Mrs Sue Adams	22¾	-	-
18	2½	October Mist (IRE)	33/1	9	10-6	Alan Dempsey	-	Mrs M Reveley	137	-	Mrs E A Murray	25¼	-	-
19	½	Davoski (GB)	50/1	9	10-4	Davy Russell	-	Venetia Williams	135	-	Sir Robert Ogden	25¾	-	-
20	1¼	Puntal (FR)	10/1	7	11-2	A P McCoy	-	M C Pipe	147	-	Terry Neill	27	-	-
21	3½	Joe Cullen (IRE)	40/1	8	9-9	Wayne Hutchinson	5	Ian Williams	131	-	Mark F Sheasby	dist	-	-
22	5	Mr Cool (GB)	25/1	9	10-11	Tom Scudamore	-	M C Pipe	142	-	N G Mills	dist	-	-
23	16	Holy Orders (IRE)	20/1	6	10-0	J R Barry	-	Willie Mullins	131	b	Allan McLuckie	dist	-	-
24	8	Scolardy (IRE)	25/1	5	10-7	Robbie Power	5	Willie Mullins	143	-	David Flynn	dist	-	-
25	nk	Majlis (IRE)	66/1	6	10-0	Robert Thornton	-	Tom George	131	b	Terry Warner	dist	-	-
26	12	Giocomo (IRE)	40/1	5	10-6	Seamus Durack	-	Jonjo O'Neill	137	-	Euan Bernardine Roger	dist	-	-
UR	-	Calladine (IRE)	25/1	7	10-3	Paul Moloney	-	C Roche	134	-	S J Murphy	-	-	-

Distances beaten are to the horse in front (Btn) and to the winner (Total btn). Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, p cheekpieces, t tongue strap, h hood, e/s eyeshield, ht hood and tongue strap. Prize money is shown in the currency of the country the race was run in (£ in Britain, € in Ireland).

How they ran next

Pos here	Horse	Next run	Course	Race	Result	SP
1	Spirit Leader (IRE)	2003-03-13	Cheltenham	Vincent O'Brien County Hurdle (Handicap)Grade 3	won	10/1
2	Non So (FR)	2003-03-13	Cheltenham	Vincent O'Brien County Hurdle (Handicap)Grade 3	4th of 28	10/1
3	Tikram (GB)	2003-03-08	Sandown	Sunderlands Imperial Cup Hurdle Showcase Handicap Class B	6th of 17	33/1
4	In Contrast (IRE)	2003-03-11	Cheltenham	Smurfit Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy Grade 1	6th of 17	25/1
5	Benbyas (GB)	2003-03-12	Cheltenham	Coral Cup (Hurdle) Showcase Handicap Grade 3	18th of 27	33/1
6	Monkerhostin (FR)	2003-03-13	Cheltenham	Vincent O'Brien County Hurdle (Handicap)Grade 3	12th of 28	10/1
7	Quazar (IRE)	2003-03-01	Haydock	Mark Watson Surprise 40th Birthday Handicap Hurdle Class B	won	9/4F
8	Bernardon (GER)	2003-03-01	Newbury	08000 722 421 Freephone Betting From Sky Bet Handicap Hurdle Class C	pulled up	14/1
9	Warjan (FR)	2003-03-13	Cheltenham	Vincent O'Brien County Hurdle (Handicap)Grade 3	14th of 28	33/1
10	Polar Red (GB)	2003-03-13	Cheltenham	Vincent O'Brien County Hurdle (Handicap)Grade 3	8th of 28	25/1
11	Chauvinist (IRE)	2003-03-11	Cheltenham	Gerrard Wealth Management Supreme Novices' Hurdle Grade 1	3rd of 19	20/1
12	Gralmano (IRE)	2003-03-08	Wolverhampton (AW)	Bet Direct On Channel 4 Page 613 Handicap Class D	3rd of 10	10/1
13	Atlantic Rhapsody (FR)	2003-03-02	Leopardstown	British Equestrian Insurance Brokers Handicap Hurdle	5th of 10	5/1CF
14	Moving On Up (GB)	2003-02-21	Kempton	betfair.com Rendlesham Hurdle Grade 2	5th of 5	12/1
15	Copeland (GB)	2003-03-11	Cheltenham	Smurfit Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy Grade 1	fell	25/1
16	Regal Exit (FR)	2003-03-01	Doncaster	Bawtry Novices' Chase Class E	won	5/4
17	Haditovski (GB)	2003-03-01	Newbury	08000 722 421 Freephone Betting From Sky Bet Handicap Hurdle Class C	5th of 11	14/1
18	October Mist (IRE)	2003-02-21	Kempton	betfair.com Rendlesham Hurdle Grade 2	4th of 5	8/1
19	Davoski (GB)	2004-02-14	Ayr	Lloyds TSB Scotland Handicap Chase (for the McAlpine Challenge Cup)	pulled up	14/1
20	Puntal (FR)	2003-02-21	Kempton	Gerrard Wealth Management Novices' Hurdle Grade 2	won	4/5F
21	Joe Cullen (IRE)	2003-03-13	Cheltenham	Vincent O'Brien County Hurdle (Handicap)Grade 3	15th of 28	33/1
22	Mr Cool (GB)	2003-03-12	Cheltenham	Coral Cup (Hurdle) Showcase Handicap Grade 3	19th of 27	33/1
23	Holy Orders (IRE)	2003-03-11	Cheltenham	Smurfit Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy Grade 1	8th of 17	100/1
24	Scolardy (IRE)	2003-03-11	Cheltenham	Smurfit Champion Hurdle Challenge Trophy Grade 1	14th of 17	66/1
25	Majlis (IRE)	2003-02-21	Kempton	Read The Racing Post Before You Bet Handicap Hurdle Class C	13th of 14	33/1
26	Giocomo (IRE)	2003-03-21	Kelso	Fixed Odds @ gg.com Handicap Hurdle Class C	7th of 10	33/1
UR	Calladine (IRE)	2003-02-15	Gowran Park	Red Mills Trial Hurdle	3rd of 6	14/1

27 of 27 have run since; 4 won next time out.

Betfair Hurdle winners by year

Year	Winner	SP	Trainer
2026	Tutti Quanti (FR)	100/30	Paul Nicholls
2025	Joyeuse (FR)	9/2	Nicky Henderson
2024	Iberico Lord (FR)	11/2	Nicky Henderson
2023	Aucunrisque (FR)	9/1	Chris Gordon
2022	Glory And Fortune (IRE)	20/1	Tom Lacey
2021	Soaring Glory (IRE)	17/2	Jonjo O'Neill
2020	Pic D'Orhy (FR)	33/1	Paul Nicholls
2019	Al Dancer (FR)	5/2F	Nigel Twiston-Davies
2018	Kalashnikov (IRE)	8/1CF	Amy Murphy
2017	Ballyandy (GB)	3/1F	Nigel Twiston-Davies
2016	Agrapart (FR)	16/1	Nick Williams
2015	Violet Dancer (GB)	20/1	Gary Moore
2014	Splash Of Ginge (GB)	33/1	Nigel Twiston-Davies
2013	My Tent Or Yours (IRE)	5/1F	Nicky Henderson
2012	Zarkandar (IRE)	11/4F	Paul Nicholls
2011	Recession Proof (FR)	12/1	John Quinn
2010	Get Me Out Of Here (IRE)	6/1	Jonjo O'Neill
2008	Wingman (IRE)	14/1	Gary Moore
2007	Heathcote (GB)	50/1	Gary Moore
2005	Essex (IRE)	4/1F	M J P O'Brien
2004	Geos (FR)	16/1	Nicky Henderson
2003	Spirit Leader (IRE)	14/1	Mrs John Harrington
2002	Copeland (GB)	13/2	M C Pipe
2001	Landing Light (IRE)	4/1F	Nicky Henderson
2000	Geos (FR)	15/2	Nicky Henderson
1999	Decoupage (GB)	6/1	Charles Egerton
1998	Sharpical (GB)	10/1	Nicky Henderson
1997	Make A Stand (GB)	6/1	M C Pipe
1996	Squire Silk (GB)	13/2	Andy Turnell
1995	Mysilv (GB)	9/4F	Charles Egerton
1994	Large Action (IRE)	9/2	Oliver Sherwood
1993	King Credo (GB)	10/1	Steve Woodman
1992	Rodeo Star (USA)	15/2	Nigel Tinkler
1990	Deep Sensation (GB)	7/1	J T Gifford

Years with a result in GB and IRE records since 1990.

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2003 Betfair Hurdle

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