The Royal Artillery Gold Cup is a National Hunt steeplechase in Britain which is open to horses aged six years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of about 3 miles (3 miles and 37 yards, or 4,862 metres) and during the race there are 22 fences to be jumped. It is scheduled to take place each year in February.

The race was first run in 1863, took place at Sandown Park for the first time in 1878 and has been run there continuously since 1921. Runners in the race have to be owned or leased by serving or past members of the Royal Artillery and must be ridden by serving or past members of the British Armed Forces.[1] A similar race, the Grand Military Gold Cup, takes place at Sandown Park in March. Captain Guy Disney's victory on Rathlin Rose in 2017 was the first race win by an amputee rider at a British racecourse.[2]

Winners since 1983

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Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer
1983 De Pluvinel 11 Captain GR Prest
1984 Quarrier 7 Tim Thomson Jones
1985 Turn Blue 6 Mr Gerald Oxley
1986 Quarrier 9 T Thomson Jones Tim Forster
1987 Quarrier 10 Tim Thomson Jones Tim Forster
1988 Coolcotts 13 WO2 DJ Warren RJR Symonds
1989 De Pluvinel 16 Mr Jon Trice-Rolph GR Priest
1990 De Pluvinel 17 Mr Jon Trice-Rolph GR Priest
1991 Roscoe Harvey 9 Mr Jon Trice-Rolph Charlie Brooks
1992 Camden Belle 10 Major Oliver Ellwood M P Muggeridge
1993 Gaelic Cherry 10 C Ward-Thomas D E Fletcher
1994 Wellknown Character 12 Lieutenant Dominic Alers-Hankey Paul Nicholls
1995 Cool Ground 13 Lieutenant Dominic Alers-Hankey David Elsworth
1996 Norman Conqueror 11 Major Oliver Ellwood Tim Thomson Jones
1997 Lucky Dollar 9 Major SJ Robinson Kim Bailey
1998 Magnetic Reel 7 Major Oliver Ellwood H W Lavis
1999 Carlisle Banditos 7 Lieutenant Alex Michael T J Berry
2000 Noyan 10 Miss L Horner C F Elliott
2001 Mister One 10 Major Oliver Ellwood Colin Tizzard
2002 Kings Mistral 9 Lieutenant H Norton Patrick Chamings
2003 Storm Damage 11 Mr J Snowden Paul Nicholls
2004 Gunner Welburn 12 Mr E Andrews Andrew Balding
2005 Whitenzo 9 Mr J Snowden Paul Nicholls
2006 Inca Trail 10 Mr J Snowden Paul Nicholls
2007 Back Nine 10 Major Dominic Alers-Hankey Miss Jane Western
2008 Le Duc 9 Captain J Snowden Paul Nicholls
2009 Bannister Lane 9 Captain Tim Edwards Donald McCain
2010 Mr Big 9 Captain HAR Wallace J Mann
2011 Surenaga 9 Lance Bombardier Sally Randell Miss Sally Randell
2012 Bradley 8 Mr Richard Spencer Fergal O'Brien
2013 Gwanako 10 Lance Bombardier Jody Sole Paul Nicholls
2014 [lower-alpha 1] Savant Bleu 8 Captain HAR Wallace Kim Bailey
2015 Cowards Close 8 Lance Bombardier Jody Sole Paul Nicholls
2016 Jennys Surprise 8 Miss Brodie Hampson Fergal O'Brien
2017 Rathlin Rose 9 Captain Guy Disney David Pipe
2018 Rathlin Rose 10 Captain Guy Disney David Pipe
2019 Carlos Du Fruitier 7 Miss Brodie Hampson Ben Pauling
no race 2020 [lower-alpha 2]
no race 2021 [lower-alpha 3]
2022 Rolling Dylan 11 Major Charlie O'Shea Philip Hobbs
2023 Broken Halo 8 Lance Bombardier Jody Sole Paul Nicholls
  1. ↑ The 2014 race was run at Wincanton
  2. ↑ The 2020 race was abandoned due to waterlogging[4]
  3. ↑ The 2021 race was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Royal Artillery Gold Cup". RA Association. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sandown: Amputee jockey Guy Disney takes historic victory in Royal Artillery Gold Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Past Winners - Royal Artillery Gold Cup". Royal Artillery Gold Cup. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Butler, Matt (14 February 2020). "Storm Dennis a threat to Saturday ITV action with Ascot and Haydock to inspect". Racing Post.
  5. ↑ Brazier, Cath (26 January 2021). "Forces Horse Racing Season Hit By Cancellations". Forces Net. Retrieved 21 February 2021.


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