Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup
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The Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup is a Grade 3 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 3 miles 2½ furlongs (5,331 metres) at Newbury Racecourse in late November.
It is a prestigious handicap chase, and is the most important race of its kind before Christmas. There are twenty-one fences to be jumped in the race.
It takes its name from Hennessy Cognac, the long term sponsors of the race.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer |
| 1957 | Mandarin | 6 | 11-00 | Gerry Madden | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1958 | Taxidermist | 6 | 11-01 | Mr John Lawrence | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1959 | Kerstin | 9 | 11-10 | Stan Hayhurst | Verly Bewicke |
| 1960 | Knucklecracker | 11-01 | Derek Ancil | Derek Ancil | |
| 1961 | Mandarin | 10 | 11-05 | Willie Robinson | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1962 | Springbok | 8 | 10-08 | Gerry Scott | Neville Crump |
| 1963 | Mill House | 6 | 12-00 | Willie Robinson | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1964 | Arkle | 7 | 12-07 | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper |
| 1965 | Arkle | 8 | 12-07 | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper |
| 1966 | Stalbridge Colonist | 7 | 10-00 | Stan Mellor | Ken Cundell |
| 1967 | Rondetto | 11 | 10-01 | Jeff King | Bob Turnell |
| 1968 | Man of the West | 7 | 10-00 | Willie Robinson | |
| 1969 | Spanish Steps | 6 | 11-08 | John Cook | Edward Courage |
| 1970 | Border Mask | 8 | 11-01 | David Mould | |
| 1971 | Bighorn | 7 | 10-11 | David Cartwright | |
| 1972 | Charlie Potheen | 7 | 11-04 | Richard Pitman | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1973 | Red Candle | 9 | 10-04 | Jimmy Fox | Ricky Vallance |
| 1974 | Royal Marshall II | 7 | 10-00 | Graham Thorner | Tim Forster |
| 1975 | April Seventh | 9 | 11-02 | Andrew Turnell | Bob Turnell |
| 1976 | Zeta's Son | 7 | 10-09 | Ian Watkinson | |
| 1977 | Bachelor's Hall | 7 | 10-10 | Martin O'Halloran | Peter Cundell |
| 1978 | Approaching | 7 | 10-06 | Bob Champion | Josh Gifford |
| 1979 | Fighting Fit | 7 | 11-07 | Richard Linley | Ken Oliver |
| 1980 | Bright Highway | 6 | 11-06 | Gerry Newman | Michael O'Brien |
| 1981 | Diamond Edge | 10 | 11-10 | Bill Smith | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1982 | Bregawn | 8 | 11-10 | Graham Bradley | Michael Dickinson |
| 1983 | Brown Chamberlin | 8 | 11-08 | John Francome | Fred Winter |
| 1984 | Burrough Hill Lad | 8 | 12-00 | John Francome | Jenny Pitman |
| 1985 | Galway Blaze | 9 | 10-00 | Mark Dwyer | Jimmy FitzGerald |
| 1986 | Broadheath | 9 | 10-05 | Paul Nicholls | David Barons |
| 1987 | Playschool | 9 | 10-08 | Paul Nicholls | David Barons |
| 1988 | Strands of Gold | 9 | 10-00 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1989 | Ghofar | 6 | 10-02 | Hywel Davies | David Elsworth |
| 1990 | Arctic Call | 7 | 11-00 | Jamie Osbourne | Oliver Sherwood |
| 1991 | Chatam | 7 | 10-06 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1992 | Sibton Abbey | 7 | 10-00 | Adrian Maguire | Ferdy Murphy |
| 1993 | Cogent | 9 | 10-01 | Dan Fortt | Andrew Turnell |
| 1994 | One Man | 6 | 10-00 | Tony Dobbin | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1995 | Couldn't Be Better | 8 | 10-08 | Dean Gallagher | Charlie Brooks |
| 1996 | Coome Hill | 7 | 10-00 | Jamie Osbourne | Walter Dennis |
| 1997 | Suny Bay | 8 | 11-08 | Graham Bradley | Charlie Brooks |
| 1998 | Teeton Mill | 9 | 10-05 | Norman Williamson | Venetia Williams |
| 1999 | Ever Blessed | 7 | 10-00 | Timmy Murphy | Mark Pitman |
| 2000 | King's Road | 7 | 10-07 | Jamie Goldstein | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2001 | What's Up Boys | 7 | 10-12 | Paul Flynn | Philip Hobbs |
| 2002 | Gingembre * | 8 | 10-13 | Andrew Thornton | Lavinia Taylor |
| 2003 | Strong Flow | 6 | 11-00 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2004 | Celestial Gold | 6 | 10-05 | Timmy Murphy | Martin Pipe |
| 2005 | Trabolgan | 7 | 11-12 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
| 2006 | State of Play | 6 | 11-04 | Paul Moloney | Evan Williams |
* Be My Royal finished first in 2002 but was subsequently disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance.
