William Hill Handicap Hurdle
Grade 3 Handicap, Newbury 15:20
£155,000 guaranteed,
4yo plus,
2m 69y, Class 1  
Saturday 7th February 2026

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1 Tutti Quanti 10/3
2 Wellington Arch 12/1
3 Faivoir 33/1
15 ran NR: Hot Fuss Distances: 15l, 18l, nk
Time: 4m 13.37s (slow by 25.37s)

Tutti Quanti produced a performance of rare authority to dominate, leaving his rivals trailing in his wake.

Harry Cobden set out with positive intent aboard Paul Nicholls’ top-weight, and despite conceding lumps of weight all round, the gelding was soon into a relentless rhythm. Carrying 12st 2lb, he simply ground the race into submission.

By the time they reached the second last, it was already apparent that Tutti Quanti had broken the field. What had begun as one of the most competitive handicap hurdles of the season quickly unravelled into a procession.

Strongly supported into 10/3, he powered up the straight in complete isolation, stretching ever further clear to record a commanding 15-length victory.

Wellington Arch, sent off at 12/1, kept on for second with Faivoir a distant third at 33/1, but this was emphatically a one-horse race from a long way out.

Nicholls said: “I knew he would improve from his last run and we took him for an away day and he went really well.

“He’s just one of those big, backward type of horses who has been physically improving and getting better all the time and I still think there is more to come from him.

“He obviously likes cut in the ground, keeps galloping and travels well, it was a smart performance.

“I was a little bit nervous as the record books tell you off 12 stone it is hard to win a race like this but he has annihilated them.

“He’s becoming a real horse now and soft ground helps as not many go through it like he can. He’s got some engine and he’s hardly having a blow and I knew turning in when he quickened they would struggle to catch him.

“Turning in I thought they were all up his backside but the great thing is you can sit in front on him, go a good gallop early, pull it up and get a breather in and then kick on again. Harry rode him fantastically well and he’s good on those types of horses. It was brilliant.”

Make A Stand won the corresponding race in 1997 before winning the Champion Hurdle while the likes of Mysilv, Large Action and Essex all won it before running well at Cheltenham and a trip to Prestbury Park could be on the cards if the weather gods allow, with Coral going 20-1 non-runner no bet for the championship event.

Nicholls added: “He’s not entered in anything after today and today has always been the target. We were thinking of putting him in the County Hurdle and a few of those others but we might just have a rethink if the ground was right for him.

“We have just said we could supplement him for the Champion Hurdle if we wanted to and the great thing about supplementing him is you only have to do it five-or six days before the race and you will have a great idea about what the ground will be.

“If the ground was testing we might look at and I’m not saying we will, but we might. If the ground was good we wouldn’t.

“He would hold his own and it’s an open race this year as we know and if the ground was testing we would want him in there.”

He went on: “I suspect he will be a smart two-mile chaser at some point and that has always been his job, but let’s worry about that next year.”

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Newbury Handicap Hurdle (Handicap) (Grade 3)
£155,000 guaranteed, 4yo plus, 2m 69y, Class 1
15 ran
Going: Heavy, Soft in places

POS. DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1     Tutti Quanti 6 12-0 Paul Nicholls Harry Cobden 10/3
2 15 Wellington Arch 7 11-8 Jonjo & A J O'Neill Jonjo O'Neill Jr 12/1
3 18 Faivoir 11 11-8 Dan Skelton Miss Heidi Palin 33/1
4 nk Un Sens A La Vie 6 11-6 Nigel & Willy Twiston-Davies Sam Twiston-Davies 11/1
5 ½ Dance And Glance 6 10-11 Anthony Honeyball Rex Dingle 11/1
6 9 Wreckless Eric 6 11-2 Jonjo & A J O'Neill Kielan Woods 14/1
7 1¼ Lanesborough 7 11-6 Ben Pauling Brendan Powell 11/1
8 14 Bubble Dubi 9 11-5 Stuart Edmunds Charlie Hammond 28/1
FELL The Hardest Geezer 2 7 10-12 Philip Hobbs & Johnson White Sean Houlihan 20/1
PU Bucephalus 9 11-8 Neil Mulholland Harriet Tucker 50/1
PU Go Dante 10 11-10 Olly Murphy Sean Bowen 40/1
PU Milldam 8 11-3 Jamie Snowden Isabelle Ryder 16/1
PU Let It Rain 7 11-0 Dan Skelton Harry Skelton 5/2F
PU All In You 6 11-3 Warren Greatrex James Bowen 7/1
PU Poet Laureate 6 10-11 Chris Gordon Freddie Gordon 33/1
NR 8 Hot Fuss 5 11-6 5ex Tom Dascombe NON RUNNER

The Betfair Hurdle – Roll of Honour

YEAR WINNER TRAINER JOCKEY AGE/WEIGHT SP RAN

2025 JOYEUSE Nicky Henderson Nico de Boinville 6 10-7 9/2 17
2024 IBERICO LORD Nicky Henderson Nico de Boinville 6 11-8 11/2 21
2023 AUCUNRISQUE Chris Gordon Nick Scholfield 7 11-4 9/1 16
2022 GLORY AND FORTUNE Tom Lacey Stan Sheppard 7 11-8 20/1 14
2021 SOARING GLORY Jonjo O'Neill Jonjo O'Neill Jr 6-10-07 17/2 23
2020 PIC D'ORHY Paul Nicholls Harry Cobden 05-11-05 33/1 24
2019 AL DANCER Nigel Twiston-Davies Sam Twiston-Davies 06-11-08 5/2F 14
2018 KALASHNIKOV Miss Amy Murphy Jack Quinlan 05-11-05 8/1C 24
2017 BALLYANDY Nigel Twiston-Davies Sam Twiston-Davies 06-11-01 3/1F 16
2016 AGRAPART Nick Williams Lizzie Kelly 05-10-05 16/1 22
2015 VIOLET DANCER Gary Moore Joshua Moore 05-10-09 20/1 23
2014 SPLASH OF GINGE Nigel Twiston-Davies Ryan Hatch 06-10-03 33/1 20
2013 MY TENT OR YOURS Nicky Henderson A P McCoy 06-11-02 5/1F 21
2012 ZARKANDAR Paul Nicholls Ruby Walsh 05-11-01 11/4F 20
2011 RECESSION PROOF John Quinn Dougie Costello 05-10-08 12/1 15
2010 GET ME OUT OF HERE Jonjo O'Neill A P McCoy 06-10-06 6/1 23
2009 Abandoned - Snow
2008 WINGMAN Gary Moore Jamie Moore 06-10-00 14/1 24
2007 HEATHCOTE Gary Moore Jamie Moore 05-10-06 50/1 20
2006 Abandoned - Frost
2005 ESSEX Michael O'Brien IRE Barry Geraghty 05-11-06 4/1F 25
2004 GEOS Nicky Henderson Marcus Foley 09-10-09 16/1 25
2003 SPIRIT LEADER Jessica Harrington IRE Norman Williamson 07-10-00 14/1 27
2002 COPELAND Martin Pipe A P McCoy 07-11-07 13/2 16
2001 LANDING LIGHT Nicky Henderson Mick Fitzgerald 06-10-02 4/1F 20
2000 GEOS Nicky Henderson Mick Fitzgerald 05-11-03 15/2 17
1999 DECOUPAGE Charles Egerton Jimmy McCarthy 07-11-00 6/1 18
1998 SHARPICAL Nicky Henderson Mick Fitzgerald 06-11-01 10/1 14
1997 MAKE A STAND Martin Pipe Chris Maude 06-11-07 6/1 18
1996 SQUIRE SILK Andy Turnell Paul Carberry 07-10-12 13/2 18
1995 MYSILV Charles Egerton Jamie Osborne 05-10-08 9/4F 8
1994 LARGE ACTION Oliver Sherwood Jamie Osborne 06-10-08 9/2 11
1993 KING CREDO Steve Woodman Adrian Maguire 08-10-00 10/1 16
1992 RODEO STAR Nigel Tinkler Graham McCourt 06-10-10 15/2 15
1991 Abandoned - Frost
1990 DEEP SENSATION Josh Gifford Richard Rowe 05-11-03 7/1 17
1989 GREY SALUTE John Jenkins Richard Dunwoody 06-11-05 8/1 10
1988 JAMESMEAD David Elsworth Brendan Powell 07-10-00 11/1 19
1987 NEBLIN Toby Balding Stan Moore 08-10-00 10/1 21
1986 Abandoned – Snow
1985 Abandoned – Snow
1984 RA NOVA Nan Kennedy Paddy Farrell 05-10-06 16/1 26
1983 Abandoned - Snow & Frost
1982 DONEGAL PRINCE Paul Kelleway John Francome 06-10-08 13/1 27
1981 Abandoned – Waterlogged
1980 BOOTLACES David Barons Paul Leach 06-10-09 20/1 21
1979 WITHIN THE LAW Peter Easterby Alan Brown 05-11-04 25/1 28
1978 Abandoned – Frost
1977 TRUE LAD Bill Swainson Tommy Stack 07-10-04 14/1 27
1976 IRISH FASHION Michael Cunningham IRE Ron Barry 05-10-04 16/1 29
1975 TAMMUZ Fulke Walwyn Bill Smith 07-10-13 18/1 28
1974 Abandoned – Waterlogged
1973 INDIANAPOLIS John Sutcliffe snr Jeff King 06-10-06 15/2 26
1972 GOOD REVIEW Jim Dreaper IRE Val O'Brien 06-10-09 8/1 26
1971 CALA MESQUIDA John Sutcliffe snr John Cook 07-10-09 33/1 23
1970 Abandoned - Snow & Frost
1969 Abandoned - Frost
1968 PERSIAN WAR Colin Davies Jimmy Uttley 05-11-13 9/2F 33
1967 HILL HOUSE Ryan Price Josh Gifford 07-10-10 9/1 28
1966 LE VERMONTOIS Ryan Price Josh Gifford 05-11-03 15/2 28
1965 ELAN John Sutcliffe jnr David Nicholson 06-10-07 9/2F 21
1964 ROSYTH Ryan Price Josh Gifford 06-10-02 10/1 24
1963 ROSYTH Ryan Price Josh Gifford 05-10-00 20/1 41