Betfair Bowl
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The Betfair Bowl is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 3 miles 1 furlong (5,029 metres) at Aintree Racecourse during the Grand National meeting in early April.
The distance and date of the race make it a suitable race for horses that have contested the Cheltenham Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival and it is often seen as a consolation prize for horses beaten in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. No horse has won both races in the same season.
It was first run in 1984. It was run under the title of the Martell Cup Chase between 1984 and 2002, the Martell Cognac Cup Chase in 2003 and 2004 and the Betfair Bowl since 2005.
[edit] Winners
- Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
| 1984 | Royal Bond | 11 | Tom Taaffe | Arthur Moore |
| 1985 | Wayward Lad | 10 | John Francome | Monica Dickinson |
| 1986 | Beau Ranger | 8 | Hywel Davies | John Thorne |
| 1987 | Wayward Lad | 12 | Graham McCourt | Monica Dickinson |
| 1988 | Desert Orchid | 9 | Simon Sherwood | David Elsworth |
| 1989 | Yahoo | 8 | Tom Morgan | John Edwards |
| 1990 | Toby Tobias | 8 | Mark Pitman | Jenny Pitman |
| 1991 | Aquilifer | 11 | Richard Dunwoody | Martin Pipe |
| 1992 | Kings Fountain | 9 | Anthony Tory | Kim Bailey |
| 1993 | Docklands Express | 11 | Jamie Osborne | Kim Bailey |
| 1994 | Docklands Express | 12 | Richard Dunwoody | Kim Bailey |
| 1995 | Merry Gale | 7 | Graham Bradley | Jim Dreaper |
| 1996 | Scotton Banks | 7 | Lorcan Wyer | Tim Easterby |
| 1997 | Barton Bank | 11 | David Walsh | David Nicholson |
| 1998 | Escartefigue | 6 | Richard Johnson | David Nicholson |
| 1999 | Macgeorge | 9 | Adrian Maguire | Richard Lee |
| 2000 | See More Business | 10 | Mick Fitzgerald | Paul Nicholls |
| 2001 | First Gold | 8 | Thierry Doumen | François Doumen |
| 2002 | Florida Pearl | 10 | Barry Geraghty | Willie Mullins |
| 2003 | First Gold | 10 | Thierry Doumen | François Doumen |
| 2004 | Tiutchev | 11 | Tony McCoy | Martin Pipe |
| 2005 | Grey Abbey | 11 | Graham Lee | Howard Johnson |
| 2006 | Celestial Gold | 8 | Timmy Murphy | Martin Pipe |
