Badger Ales Trophy

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The Badger Ales Trophy is a Listed National Hunt chase in England which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Wincanton over a distance of 3 miles and 1½ furlongs (5,130 metres), and during its running there are eighteen fences to be jumped. It is a limited handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in November.

The race was established in 1962 and was awarded Listed status in 2003.

The race was run over a distance of 2 miles and 5 furlongs before 1990.

Winners

Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer
1962 Quick Step II W R Williams W R Williams
1963 Beau Normand Jeff King Bob Turnell
1964 Sign Post O McNally Mr L W Stokes
1965 Dellanist J Fitzgerald Earl Jones
1966 Highland Wedding Willie Robinson Toby Balding
1967 Dozo O McNally Toby Balding
1968 Fearless Fred Terry Biddlecombe Fred Rimell
1969 Teryrose Graham Thorner H W Payne
1970 Nova Light Mr R Smith Les Kennard
1971 Just The Job Graham Thorner David Gandolfo
1972 Nova Light Mr R Smith Les Kennard
1973 Land Lark Bob Champion Mr T E Pocock
1974 Royal Marshal II Graham Thorner Tim Forster
1975 Somethings Missing S May David Barons
1976 Zeta's Son Ron Barry P G Bailey
1977 Bit of Manny E Wright Miss S O Morris
1978 Kininvie Philip Hobbs Mr A Dunn
1979 Chuckles Hansel Paul Leach David Barons
1980 Henry Kissinger Paul Barton David Gandolfo
1981 Rathconrath John Francome Fred Winter
1982 Celtic Isle Sam Morshead Mercy Rimell
1983 Half Free Richard Linley Fred Winter
1984 Beau Ranger J Hurst John Thorne
1985 Oyster Pond Graham McCourt Matt McCourt
1986 Von Trappe Ben de Haan Jenny Pitman
1987 Sun Rising 9 Kevin Mooney Fulke Walwyn
1988 Farmlea Boy 8 10-04 Richard Guest Toby Balding
1989 Tonights The Night 8 10-13 Jamie Osborne Oliver Sherwood
1990 Panto Prince 9 11-10 Brendan Powell Snr Chris Popham
1991 Foyle Fisherman 12 10-07 Eamon Murphy Josh Gifford
1992 Captain Dibble 7 11-08 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies
1993 Panto Prince 12 11-10 Brendan Powell Snr Chris Popham
1994 Lusty Light 8 10-07 Warren Marston Jenny Pitman
1995 Tug of Peace 8 10-11 Barney Clifford Toby Balding
1996 Coome Hill 7 11-07 Jimmy Frost Walter Dennis
1997 Lively Knight 8 11-01 Leighton Aspell Josh Gifford
1998 Teeton Mill 9 11-04 Norman Williamson Venetia Williams
1999 Flaked Oats 10 10-03 Robert Widger Paul Nicholls
2000 Flaked Oats 11 10-05 Timmy Murphy Paul Nicholls
2001 Montifault 6 11-03 Timmy Murphy Paul Nicholls
2002 Swansea Bay 6 10-01 Andrew Thornton Peter Bowen
2003 Swansea Bay 7 11-06 Andrew Thornton Peter Bowen
2004 Royal Auclair 7 11-12 Christian Williams Paul Nicholls
2005 Iris Bleu 9 11-02 Timmy Murphy Martin Pipe
2006 Parsons Legacy 8 10-05 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs
2007 Abragante 6 10-04 Timmy Murphy David Pipe
2008 Cornish Sett 9 11-07 Nick Scholfield Paul Nicholls
2009 Ellerslie George 9 10-09 Mr Robbie Henderson Nick Mitchell
2010 Meanus Dandy 7 10-02 Ian Popham Paul Nicholls
2011 The Minack 7 11-07 Daryl Jacob Paul Nicholls
2012 The Package 9 11-01 Timmy Murphy David Pipe
2013 Standing Ovation 6 10-02 Conor O'Farrell David Pipe
2014 Court By Surprise[a] 9 11-07 Daryl Jacob Emma Lavelle

a The Young Master finished first in 2014 but was disqualified as he was not qualified to run in the race.[1]

See also

References

  1. "The Young Master: Wincanton winner disqualified by BHA". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 November 2014.