Hennessy Gold Cup

Hennessy Gold Cup Chase

2014
Many Clouds	Houblon Des Obeaux	Merry King

Previous years
2013
Triolo D'Alene	Rocky Creek	Theatre Guide
2012
Bobs Worth	Tidal Bay	First Lieutenant
2011
Carruthers	Planet Of Sound	Fair Along

2010-2001
2010
Diamond Harry	Burton Port	Denman
2009
Denman	What A Friend	Niche Market
2008
Madison Du Berlais	Air Force One	Snoopy Loopy
2007
Denman	Dream Alliance	Character Building
2006
State of Play	Juveigneur	Preacher Boy
2005
Trabolgan	L'ami	Cornish Rebel
2004
Celestial Gold	Ollie Magern	Royal Auclair
2003
Strong Flow	Joss Naylor	Take Control
2002
Gingembre	Harbour Pilot	Whitenzo
2001
What's Up Boys	Behrajan	Take Control

2000-1991
2000
King's Road	Gingembre	Alexander Banquet
1999
Ever Blessed	Spendid	Fiddling The Facts
1998
Teeton Mill	Eudipe	Fiddling The Facts
1997
Suny Bay	Barton Bank	Eudipe
1996
Coome Hill	The Grey Monk	Lo Stregone
1994
One Man	Lord Relic	Commercial Artist
1993
Cogent	Cahervillahow	Black Humour
1992
Sibton Abbey	Jodami	The Fellow
1991
Chatam	Master Bob	Man O'Magic

1990-1988
1990
Arctic Call	Master Bob	Cahervillahow
1989
Ghofar	Brown Windsor	Mr Frisk
1988
Strands Of Gold	Handy Trick	Mr Frisk

The Hennessy Gold Cup is a Grade 3 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of about 3 miles and 2½ furlongs (5,331 metres), and during its running there are twenty-one fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late November or early December.

History

The event was established in 1957, and it was initially staged at Cheltenham. The winner of the inaugural running, Mandarin, was owned by Peggy Hennessy, a member of the family which founded Hennessy, the race's sponsoring company. It was transferred to Newbury in 1960, and it was won by Mandarin for a second time in 1961. The race's second running was won by Taxidermist, ridden by the amateur rider John Lawrence, later Lord Oaksey, who was the breeder and part-owner of the 2011 winner, Carruthers.^[1]

The race's association with Hennessy has continued throughout its history, and this now represents British racing's longest commercial sponsorship. The record was previously held by the Whitbread Gold Cup, which was first run seven months before the "Hennessy", and which was sponsored by Whitbread until 2001.

The Hennessy Gold Cup has been won by eight horses which have also achieved victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The most recent of these is Bobs Worth, the winner of the latter race in 2013.

Many Clouds became the first horse to win both the Hennessy Gold Cup and the Grand National, in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

• Mandarin – 1957, 1961
• Arkle – 1964, 1965
• Denman – 2007, 2009

Leading jockey (3 wins):

• Willie Robinson – Mandarin (1961), Mill House (1963), Man of the West (1968)

Leading trainer (7 wins):

• Fulke Walwyn – Mandarin (1957, 1961), Taxidermist (1958), Mill House (1963), Man of the West (1968), Charlie Potheen (1972), Diamond Edge (1981)

Winners

• Weights given in stones and pounds; Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".

¹ Be My Royal finished first in 2002, but he was subsequently disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance.

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British National Hunt races

References

• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

• pedigreequery.com – Hennessy Gold Cup – Newbury.
• sportingchronicle.com – Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup.
• Ladbrokes Pocket Companion 1990/91. Aesculus Press. 1990. p. 42. ISBN 1-871093-21-X. 
• The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. 1993. p. 225. ISBN 1-873626-15-0. 
• Race Recordings