Liverpool Hurdle 2016
The race now known as the Liverpool Hurdle was established in 1974 but has only been run at Aintree since 2004.
It has Grade 1 status and is run over a distance of 3m 110y. Originally run on the opening day of the meeting it has switched positions with the Aintree Hurdle for 2013 and will now be run as part of the Grand National card on April 9.
Liverpool Hurdle Entries 2015
2.50pm G1 Silver Cross Stayers’ Hurdle (9 runners), 3m ?f
1 Blue Fashion (IRE) Nicky Henderson 11st 7lb David Bass
2 Brother Brian (IRE) Hughie Morrison 11st 7lb Tom O’Brien
3 Cole Harden (IRE) (Tongue Strap) Warren Greatrex 11st 7lb Gavin Sheehan
4 Crack Away Jack Emma Lavelle 11st 7lb Aidan Coleman
5 Henryville (Hood) Harry Fry 11st 7lb Noel Fehily
6 Jetson (IRE) Jessica Harrington, Ireland 11st 7lb Ruby Walsh
7 Un Temps Pour Tout (IRE) (Blinkers, Tongue Strap) David Pipe 11st 7lb Tom Scudamore
8 Whisper (FR) Nicky Henderson 11st 7lb Nico de Boinville
9 Zarkandar (IRE) (Blinkers, Tongue Strap) Paul Nicholls 11st 7lb Sam Twiston-Davies
Liverpool Hurdle Winner Profile 2004-2015
Previous Race: 9 of the last 12 winners ran in the World Hurdle with six winning at Cheltenham and 3 others finishing in the first 4.
Aintree Form: 10 of the 12 Liverpool Hurdle winners had previously won at the meeting. Prior to Whisper’s 2014 win ( he had never ran there before) Monets Garden was the odd one out and he had finished second in the 2004 Mersey Novices Hurdle before winning here a year later.
Starting Price: Since moving to Aintree all 12 race winners have been in the first 3 in the betting holding market positions of 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3.
Fate of the Favourite: The favourite has finished 1 U 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 over the past 12 years.
Age: 9 of the 12 renewals have been won by six and seven year olds – Big Bucks was the only horse older than 7 to have won since 2004 before Solwit’s win in 2013
Jockey/Trainer: The Walsh/Nicholls combo have landed 4 of the last 7. Richard Johnson and Henry Daly won back to back titles in 2006-2007 with Mighty Man. Henderson has trained Whisper to win the last two.
Liverpool Hurdle Winners 2004-2015
Year | Form | Horse | LTO | Age | OR | Trainer | Jockey | SP |
2015 | 25 | Whisper | 30 | 7 | 163 | Nicky Henderson | Nico De Bonville | 5-1 |
2014 | 33121 | Whisper | 24 | 6 | 159 | Nicky Henderson | Barry Geraghty | 4-1 |
2013 | 111 | Solwhit | 23 | 9 | 164 | Charles Byrnes | Paul Carberry | 9-4 |
2012 | 111 | Big Bucks (FR) | 28 | 9 | 174 | Paul Nicholls | Ruby Walsh | 2-9 |
2011 | 111 | Big Bucks (FR) | 21 | 8 | 174 | Paul Nicholls | Ruby Walsh | 4-6 |
2010 | 111 | Big Bucks (FR) | 21 | 7 | 174 | Paul Nicholls | Ruby Walsh | 30-100 |
2009 | U111 | Big Bucks (FR) | 21 | 6 | 174 | Paul Nicholls | Ruby Walsh | 5-6 |
2008 | 4124 | Blazing Bailey | 21 | 6 | 163 | Alan King | R Thornton | 5-1 |
2007 | 212 | Mighty Man (FR) | 28 | 7 | 165 | Henry Daly | R Johnson | 15-8 |
2006 | 1223 | Mighty Man (FR) | 21 | 6 | 158 | Henry Daly | R Johnson | 11-4 |
2005 | 1002 | Monets Garden (IRE) | 40 | 7 | 155 | Nicky Richards | T Dobbin | 11-2 |
2004 | 21 | Iris’s Gift | 14 | 7 | 173 | Jonjo O’Neill | BJ Geraghty | 4-7 |