November Handicap History

THE NOVEMBER HANDICAP

Contested on Manchester Racecourse since 1876, apart from a brief spell during the First World War when it was cancelled for 3 years, the Manchester November Handicap has brought the curtain down on the regular Flat racing season for almost a century and a half. This site provides a comprehensive history of the most famous end of season Handicaps; every winner, runner, owner, trainer and jockey. Results have been gathered in meticulous style by Anthony Lake who deserves considerable praise for locating even the most obscure pieces of information. The inaugural race, over 1 mile 4 furlongs, was held at the New Barns course in Manchester, before being extended to 1 mile 6 furlongs in 1880. It was reduced back to 1 mile 4 furlongs in 1902 when it was staged at the Castle Irwen course in Manchester. During the Second World War, from 1942-45, the race was run at Pontefract when known as the 'Substitute November Handicap', but the race returned to Manchester in 1946 and remained there until the course closed in 1963. In 1964 the race transferred permanently to Doncaster, although in 1989 the race was staged at Thirsk, while in 2005 Windsor hosted the race over 1 mile 3 1/2 furlongs.

Date	Winner	Age/Weight	Owner	Jockey	Trainer	Odds	Runners
1876	Polonaise	5-7-12	Bowes Mr John	Dodge		5/2	14
1877	Hopbloom	4-7-09	Montrose Duke of	Chesterman		4/1	11
1878	Belphoebe	4-9-05	Hartington Lord (Duke of Devonshire)	Jeffery H		3/1	12
1879	Mars	aged-6-10	Brown Mr W	Jones J E.		25/1	16
1880	Madame du Barry	5-8-02	Perkins Mr C	Morgan		12/1	15
1881	Gladstone	3-6-00	Alington Lord	Bowman C		7/1	13
1882	Boswell	4-7-11	Ellesmere Lord	Bowman C		100/15	16
1883	Corrie Roy	5-9-10	Johnstone Sir Frederick	Wood C		4/1	14
1884	Keir	4-8-07	Manton Mr (Duchess of Montrose)	Watts J		5/2	16
1885	Raffaello	4-7-01	Ginistrelli Chevalier	Luke H		50/1	13

1886	Stourhead	5-7-02	Taylor Mr A	Martin E	Taylor A	5/2	10
1887	Carlton	4-9-12	Somerset Lord E	Barrett G		20/1	20
1888	Claymore	4-6-11	Howe Lord	Allsopp F		20/1	18
1889	Fallow Chat	4-7-05	Mr R C Vyner	Luke	Osborne J	100/6	18
1890	Parlington	3-7-09	Beaufort Duke of	Loates S		6/1	19
1891	Lily of Lumley	5-7-03	Mr R C Vyner	Chaloner G	Osborne J	100/11	18
1892	Paddy	3-6-09	Thursby Sir J	Gough		100/7	19
1893	Golden Drop	4-7-07	Peacock Mr M D	Chandley S	Dobson Peacock	40/1	20
1894	Ravensbury	4-9-04	Machell Capt	Barker H		20/1	19
1895	Ivor	4-6-07	Hibbert Mr C	Grimshaw H	Nightingall W	18/1	16

1896	Telescope	4-6-10	Singer Mr Washington	Cannon K	Wadlow T	7/1	14
1897	Asterie	3-6-06	Griffiths Sir R W	Chapman H	Sherwood R	100/8	13
1898	Chaleureux	4-8-10	Miller Sir J	Madden O	Blackwell G	8/1	14
1899	Proclamation	3-7-07	Ellsmere Lord	Sloan T	Dawson J jun	25/1	22
1900	Lexicon	6-6-13	Gottschalk Mr B	Heppell T	Cannon J	40/1	18
1901	Carabine	3-6-09	Collins Mr J	Adey A	Hornsby J	100/7	22
1902	St Maclou	4-9-04	MacCalmont Col	Cannon M	Beatty C	9/1	15
1903	Switch Cap	3-6-06	Mr B Ellam	McIntyre R	Pickering S	25/1	24
1904	No race due to snow and frost
1905	Ferment	3-6-02	Belmont Mr A	Jennings T	Watson J	25/1	19

1906	Spate	3-7-05	Captain J Orr-Ewing	Saxby W	Robson R	100/7	17
1907	Baltinglass	3-7-11	Loder Major E	Halsey W	Gilpin P P	8/1	10
1908	Old China	4-7-11	Bell Mr A	Mc Gall G	Fagan	20/1	20
1909	Admiral Togo III	5-7-02	Brienen Baroness de	Wooton F	Taylor A	100/7	16
1910	The Valet	6-6-09	Winans Mr L	Jellis H	Cannon J	9/1	14
1911	Ultimus	4-7-03	Gorham Mr A	Donoghue S	Fallon J	9/4	17
1912	Wagstaff	3-8-01	Pratt Mr F	Foy C	Pratt	8/1	10
1913	Dalmatian	6-7-08	Mr L Winan	Foy C	Cannon J	10/1	16
1914	Wardha	3-6-05	Jardine Mr D J	Jones P	Peacock	9/1	11
1915	No race due to the First World War
1916	No race due to the First World War
1917	Planet	3-8-01	Winan Mr W	Lancaster E	Cannon J	4/1	17
1918	No race due to the First World War

1919	King John	4-8-06	Loder Capt G	Wheatley E	Gilpin P P	13/2	17
1920	Pomme de Terre	4-9-04	Zetland Lord	Robbins H	Dundas G	3/1	12
1921	Blue Dun	4-8-05	Straker Mr F	Carslake B	Bewicke P W	7/2	24
1922	Torelore	5-9-00	Meux Sir H	Carslake B	Persse H S	6/1	14
1923	No race due to Frost
1924	Cloudbank	3-7-10	White Mr J	Beary M	Ward G L	100/9	17
1925	No race due to Frost
1926	No race due to Fog
1927	Old Orkney	3-7-07	Murphy Mr J J	Donoghue S	Macauley A	8/1	6
1928	Saracen	3-7-08	Courtauld Major	Donoghue S	Jarvis B	6/1	20
1929	Promptitude	5-6-13	Robertson Mr	Stephenson W	Rimmell T R	33/1	19
1930	Glorious Devon	3-7-03	Glanely Lord	Richards G	Hogg Capt	25/1	28
1931	North Drift	4-7-06	Downing Mr	Dowdall	Vassey	8/1	42
1932	Hypostyle	3-7-05	Beatty Mrs C	Richardson A	Fergusson H	20/1	18
1933	Jean's Dream	3-7-05	Boazman Mr A	Dines J	Peacock M	20/1	28
1934	Pip Emma	3-7-09	Rosebery Lord	Smith E	Jarvis J	100/7	28
1935	Free Fare	7-8-04	Warner Mr B	Wragg S	Gwilt E	22/1	19
1936	Newton Ford	4-8-04	Boazman Mr A	Nevett W	Peacock M	100/8	21
1937	Solitaire	6-8-01	Hoyle Sir E	Taylor J	Peacock H	25/1	31


1937	1938	1939	1948

1938	Pappageno II	3-8-06	Hartigan Mr G	Richards G	Hartigan M	100/7	26
1939	Tutor	3-8-03	Rosebery Lord	Smith E	Jarvis J	9/2 fav	24
1940	Beinn Dearg	5-8-02	Zetland Lord	Nevett W	Peacock H	9/1	20
1941	Crown Colony	7-7-09	Glanely Lord	Richards C	Lawson	100/6	19
1942	Golden Boy	4-9-11	Carr Mr W	Smith D	Carr W H	10/1	17
1943	Mad Carew	4-7-06		Joe Sime	P Vasey	33/1	21
1944	Kerry Piper	3-8-00	Bruce Sir Hervey	Spares C	Armstrong F	25/1	19
1945	Oatflake	3-7-13	Barnett Mr W	Britt E	Armstrong F	10/8	23


The extract above gives the result of the 'Substitute November Handicap' run at Pontefract in 1942 and is shown courtesy of the Gloucestershire Echo (31/10/42) and the British Newspapers Online.	The extract above gives the result of the 'Substitute November Handicap' run at Pontefract in 1943 and is shown courtesy of the York Herald (16/10/43) and the British Newspapers Online.

1946	Las Vegas	4-8-08	Chayton Sir William	Wragg H	Boyd	20/1	23
1947	Regret	4-6-03	Senior Mrs F	Walker J	Vasey P	66/1	31
1948	Sports Master	3-6-13	Morris Mr D	Greening D	Beary J	20/1	40
1949	Fidonia	5-9-02	Halford Mr A D C	Carr W H	Parker E	40/1	41
1950	Coltbridge	4-7-06	Mr D J Thompson	Sime J	Hall S	100/6	37
1951	Good Taste	7-7-13	Bullock Mr J	Nevett W	Hall S	28/1	31
1952	Summer Rain	3-7-13	Milford Lord	Evans P	Jarvis J	100/6	20
1953	Torch Singer	5-6-05	Hanson Mr J	Ward D	Scobie N	40/1	25
1954	No race as the course was waterlogged
1955	Tearaway	5-6-11	Hanson Mr J	Bentley W	Hall S	40/1	18
1956	Trentham Boy	5-7-06	Degg Mr T H	Gifford J	Gosden J	100/6	26
1957	Chief Barker	4-6-12	Cohen Mr N	Walker D W	Price H	33/1	40
1958	Paul Jones	3-8-02	Wright Col P L M	Mercer J	Budgett A	100/7	29
1959	Operatic Society	3-8-09	Agars-Walker Mr	Gethin K	Benstead J	18/1	49
1960	Dalnamein	5-7-10	Phang Mr J	Greenaway H J	Hall S	28/1	30
1961	Henry's Choice	4-8-02	Harrison Mr W H	Hide E	Beasley P	100/8	29
1962	Damredub	5-8-01	Degg Mr T H	Germon M	Gosden J	20/1	35
1963	Best Song	4-9-06	Allen Mr H	Lindley J	Gosden J	100/7	31
1964	Osier	4-7-10	Mr David Montague	Doug Smith	Bernard Van Cutsem	20/1	28
1965	Concealdem	6-8-10	Mr G W Taylor	Ron Hutchinson	John Gosden	100/8	18
1966	Polish Warrior	3-7-02	Colonel F L M Wright	A Barclay	A Budgett	100/6	26
1967	Bugle Boy	4-7-08	Miss E B Ridgen	A Barclay	A Budgett	22/1	25
1968	Zardia	4-7-13	Mr S Gilliat	R Still	A Vasey	25/1	29

1969	Tintagel II	4-9-0	Mrs R C Sturdy	Lester Piggott	Sturdy	15/2	21
1970	Saraceno	5-9-02	Mr G A Oldham	Graham Sexton	Harry Wragg	15/2	21
1971	Misty Light	3-8-05	Mr R F Scully	Joe Mercer	F Armstrong	25/1	20
1972	King Top	3-7-11		Willie Carson	J Oxley		16
1973	Only for Jo	3-7-11		Ian Jenkinson	Ron Smyth		22
1974	Gritti Palace	5-7-07		Richard Fox	Philip Robinson		21
1975	Mr Bigmore	3-8-12		Greville Starkey	Philip Robinson		12
1976	Gale Bridge
1977	Sailcloth	3-7-07		M L Thomas	W Hastings-Bass		22
1978	Eastern Spring	4-7-10		Michael Wigham	Luca Cumani		21
1979	Morse Code	4-8-03		Paul Cook	John Dunlop		14
1980	Path of Peace	3-8-06		Jimmy Bleasdale	Chris Thornton	14/1	20
1981	Lafontaine	4-8-07		George Duffield	Clive Brittain	16/1	20
1982 Dead Heat	Double Shuffle	3-9-00		George Duffield	G.Pritchard-Gordon	12/1	17
1982 Dead Heat	Turkoman	3-8-07		Dennis McKay	Duncan Sasse	20/1	17
1983	Asir	3-8-07		Greville Starkey	Guy Harwood	10/1	25
1984	Abu Kadra	3-8-12		Walter Swinburn	Michael Stoute	25/1	24
1985	Bold Rex	3-8-07		Joe Mercer	John Dunlop	20/1	25
1986	Beijing	3-8-04		Richard Quinn	Paul Cole	16/1	25
1987	Swingit Gunner	6-8-11		Mark Birch	Colin Tinkler	9/1	25
1988	Young Benz	4-8-04	T H Bennett	Mark Birch	Peter Easterby	12/1	22
1989	Firelight Fiesta	4-9-08	Mrs Joan Lamb	Bruce Raymond	Ben Hanbury	9/2 F	19
1990	Azzaam	3-9-08	Hamdan Al Maktoum	Willie Carson	John Dunlop	7/1	24
1991	Hieroglyphic	3-8-13	R E Sangster	Willie Carson	John Gosden	11/4 Fav	22
1992	Turgenev	3-9-00	Sheikh Mohammed	Darryll Holland	John Gosden	10/1	25
1993	Quick Ransom	5-8-10	Mr J S Morrison	Jason Weaver	Mark Johnston	6/1 Fav	25
1994	Saxon Maid	3-8-09	Sheikh Mohammed	Jason Weaver	Luca Cumani	16/1	24
1995	Snow Princess	3-8-02	Lord Weinstock & Hon Simon Weinstock	Richard Hills	Lord Huntingdon	5/1 Fav	18
1996	Clifton Fox	4-8-10	P and S Partnership	Nigel Day	Jeremy Glover	9/1	22
1997	Sabadilla	3-7-08	Sheikh Mohammed	Royston Ffrench	John Gosden	10/1	40
1998	Yavana's Pace	6-9-10	Mrs Joan Keaney	Darryll Holland	Mark Johnston	8/1	23
1999	Flossy	3-7-07	Guy Reed	Tony Beech	Chris Thornton	5/1	16
2000	Batswing	5-8-08	Mr Ashley Carr	Robert Winston	Brian Ellison	14/1	20
2001	Royal Cavalier	4-7-10	The Three R’s	Paul Quinn	Reg Hollinshead	50/1	24
2002	Red Wine	3-8-01	Mr Paul J Dixon	Martin Dwyer	Jamie Osborne	16/1	23
2003	Turbo	4-9-02	Mr Peter Richardson	Tony Clark	Toby Balding	25/1	24
2004	Carte Diamond	3-9-06	Mr Ashley Carr	Kieren Fallon	Brian Ellison	12/1	24
2005	Come On Jonny	3-8-00	Mr A E Frosy	Nelson de Souza	Ralph Beckett	14/1	21
2006	Group Captain	4-9-05	Mr Peter Webb	Richard Hughes	Roger Charlton	10/1	20
2007	Malt or Mash	3-8-10	Mr A P Patey	Ryan Moore	Richard Hannon Snr	5/1	21
2008	Tropical Strait	5-8-13	Francis and Anthony Ward	Martin Dwyer	David Arbuthnot	20/1	21
2009	Charm School	4-8-12	HRH Princess Haya of Jordan	Jimmy Fortune	John Gosden	17/2	23
2010	Times Up	4-8-13	Mrs I H Stewart-Brown	Dane O'Neill	John Dunlop	14/1	22
2011	Zuider Zee	4-8-13	HRH Princess Haya of Jordan	Robert Havlin	John Gosden	8/1	23
2012	Art Scholar	5-8-07	Mrs J Scrivens	Franny Norton	Michael Appleby	20/1	23
2013	Conduct	6-9-02	Highclere Thoroughbred Racing	Seb Sanders	William Haggas	8/1	23
2014	Open Eagle	5-8-12	Middleham Park Racing	Daniel Tudhope	David O'Meara	15/2 F	23
2015	Litigant	7-9-10	Mr A A Byrne	George Baker	Joseph Tuite	10/1	22
2016	Prize Money	3-8-10	Godolphin	George Wood	Saeed bin Suroor	4/1	15
2017	Saunter	4-8-13	Michael Watt & Billy Slater	Jim Crowley	Ian Williams	6/1	23
2018	Royal Line	4-9-8	Sheikh Al Jalila Racing	Robert Havlin	John Gosden	9/1	23
2019	Abandoned due to waterlogged course
2020	On to Victory	6-9-0	HP Racing On To Victory	James Doyle	Alan King	10/1	23
2021	Farhan	3-8-3	Naser Buresli	Hollie Doyle	John Butler	9/2 fav	23
2022	Tritonic	5-9-12	McNeill Family & Ian Dale	Callum Hutchinson	Alan King	16/1

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