Greatwood Hurdle

Greatwood Hurdle
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The StanJames.com Greatwood Hurdle is a Grade 3 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 110 yards (3,319 metres), and during its running there are eight hurdles to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in November.

The event has been run under various titles, and for a period it was classed at Listed level. It was sponsored on behalf of Greatwood, a charity for the welfare of retired racehorses, from 2003 to 2011. It was run as the Racing Post Hurdle when the Racing Post began sponsored the race in 2012 and from 2013 the sponsorship was taken over by the Stan James bookmaking firm and the name of Greatwood returned to the race title. It attained Grade 3 status in 2004.

In 2009, the Greatwood Handicap Hurdle had a purse of £100,000.[1]

Winners since 1988

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Weight
 Jockey
 Trainer
1987 Celtic Shot 5 10-06 Peter Scudamore Fred Winter
1988 South Parade 4 11-00 Graham Bradley Toby Balding
1989 Highland Bounty 5 10-04 S. Turner Simon Dow
1990 Liadett 5 11-10 Mark Perrett Martin Pipe
1991 Shu Fly 7 11-01 Steve Smith Eccles Sally Oliver
1992 Valfinet 5 10-09 Peter Scudamore Martin Pipe
1993 Leotard 6 12-00 Jamie Osborne Oliver Sherwood
1994 Atours 6 11-05 Paul Holley David Elsworth
1995 Lonesome Train 6 09-09 Barry Fenton Colin Weedon
1996 Space Trucker 5 11-11 Jamie Osborne Jessica Harrington
1997 Mr Percy 6 10-09 Philip Hide Josh Gifford
1998 Grey Shot 6 11-05 Jamie Osborne Ian Balding
1999 Rodock 5 10-00 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
2000 Hulysse Royal 5 10-00 Jimmy McCarthy Oliver Sherwood
2001 Westender 5 10-13 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
2002 Rooster Booster 8 11-12 Seamus Durack Philip Hobbs
2003 Rigmarole 5 11-12 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2004 Accordion Etoile 5 10-06 John Cullen Paul Nolan
2005 Lingo 6 10-06 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill
2006 Detroit City 4 11-12 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs
2007 Sizing Europe 5 11-06 Timmy Murphy Henry de Bromhead
2008 Numide 5 10-03 Jamie Moore Gary L. Moore
2009 Khyber Kim 7 11-09 Paddy Brennan Nigel Twiston-Davies
2010 Menorah 5 11-12 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs
2011 Brampour 4 11-04 Harry Derham Paul Nicholls
2012 Olofi 6 10-11 Paddy Brennan Tom George
2013 Dell' Arca 4 10-05 Tom Scudamore David Pipe
2014 Garde La Victoire 5 11-09 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs
2015 Old Guard 4 10-10 Harry Cobden Paul Nicholls

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Greatwood Handicap Hurdle (2009)". racingbetter.co.uk. November 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
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