Kingwell Hurdle

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The Kingwell Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for four-year-old and above horses. It is run over a distance of 2 miles (3,219 metres) at Wincanton Racecourse in February. There are eight hurdles to be jumped in the race.

It is an important trial race for the Champion Hurdle and Kribensis, Alderbrook, Hors La Loi III (2002) and Katchit all won both races in the same year. I'm Supposin and Rhinestone Cowboy went on to finish third in the Champion Hurdle in the same year as winning this race. The 2005 winner, Inglis Drever, subsequently won the World Hurdle. Alderbrook and Azertyuiop both won the Kingwell Hurdle as novices.

[edit] Winners since 1988

  • Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".
Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer
1988 Floyd 8 Colin Brown David Elsworth
1989 Floyd 9 Richard Dunwoody David Elsworth
1990 Kribensis 6 Richard Dunwoody Michael Stoute
1991 Welsh Bard 7 Peter Scudamore Charlie Brooks
1992 Fidway 7 Peter Scudamore Tim Thomson Jones
1993 Valfinet 6 Peter Scudamore Martin Pipe
1994 Valfinet 7 Richard Dunwoody Martin Pipe
1995 Alderbrook 6 Norman Williamson Kim Bailey
1996 no race 1996
1997 Dreams End 9 Richard Dunwoody Peter Bowen
1998 I'm Supposin 6 Richard Dunwoody Richard Rowe
1999 Grey Shot 7 Jamie Osborne Ian Balding
2000 Hors La Loi III 5 Dean Gallagher François Doumen
2001 Azertyuiop 4 Adrian Maguire Paul Nicholls
2002 Hors La Loi III 7 Dean Gallagher James Fanshawe
2003 Rhinestone Cowboy 7 Norman Williamson Jonjo O'Neill
2004 Rigmarole 6 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2005 Inglis Drever 6 Tony McCoy Howard Johnson
2006 Briareus 6 Mr Tom Greenall Andrew Balding
2007 Straw Bear 6 Tony McCoy Nick Gifford
2008 Katchit 5 Robert Thornton Alan King

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