The West Yorkshire Hurdle at Wetherby is the first graded staying hurdle of the GB National Hunt season. It hasn’t figured on Big Bucks agenda over the last few seasons but the roll of honour does include horses who have been successful at the Cheltenham Festival including Inglis Drever and Black Jack Ketchum within the last decade. The 2013 entry includes Albert Bartlett winner At Fishers Cross plus two quality horse mixing hurdling and chasing in Dynaste and Tidal Bay.
The 2013 West Yorkshire Hurdle is due to take place on Saturday 2nd November.
Check out our Charlie Hall Chase Stats article for details of how to get subsidised tickets to the meeting.
West Yorkshire Hurdle Stats
- Philip Hobbs has trained 3 of the last 11 winners
- The last six winners were rated between 152 and 163
- 7 of the last 10 were aged between 6 and 8
West Yorkshire Hurdle Winners 2002-2012
| Year | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Age | Weight | OR | Odds |
| 2012 | Tidal Bay | Walsh,R | Nicholls, PF | 11 | 11-0 | 160 | 9-2 |
| 2011 | Restless Harry | Oliver, H | Dickin, R | 7 | 11-0 | 153 | 7-2 |
| 2010 | Fair Along (GER) | Flint, R P | Hobbs, P J | 8 | 11-8 | 158 | 6-1 |
| 2009 | Fair Along (GER) | Flint, R P | Hobbs, P J | 7 | 11-4 | 160 | 3-1 |
| 2008 | Pettifour (IRE) | Brennan, P J | Twiston-Davies, N A | 6 | 11-4 | 152 | 3-1 |
| 2007 | Black Jack Ketcham (IRE) | McCoy, AP | O’Neill, JohnJo | 8 | 11-8 | 163 | 4-6 |
| 2006 | Redemption | Murphy, T | Twiston-Davies, N A | 11 | 11-0 | 144 | 12-1 |
| 2005 | Inglis Drever | Lee, G | Johnson, J Howard | 6 | 11-8 | 163 | 2-1 |
| 2004 | Telemoss (IRE) | Dobbin, Tony | Richards, N G | 10 | 11-0 | 0 | 8-1 |
| 2003 | Gralmano (IRE) | Lee, G | Ryan, K A | 8 | 11-0 | 136 | 6-1 |
| 2002 | Brother Joe (NZ) | Culloty, J | Hobbs, P J | 8 | 11-0 | 149 | 5-1 |
