Jim Ford Challenge Cup
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2008 | ||
Neptune Collonges | Naunton Brook | Butler's Cabin |
1990-1988 | ||
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1990 | ||
Cavvies Clown | Cool Ground | Golden Friend |
1989 | ||
Cavvies Clown | Golden Freeze | Only two finished |
1988 | ||
Kildimo | Desert Orchid | Burrough Hill Lad |
The Jim Ford Challenge Cup was a National Hunt Listed chase in England. It was run at Wincanton over a distance of 3 miles and 1½ furlongs (5,130 metres), and it was scheduled to take place each year in February, on the same card as the Kingwell Hurdle.
The race was last run in 2008 having been turned into a handicap in 2006. During the eighties and early nineties the race regularly featured contests between David Elsworth's locally trained horses (Combs Ditch, Desert Orchid, Cavvies Clown, Lesley Ann) attempting to preserve local honour in the face of invasion by the big battalions from Lambourn (Burrough Hill Lad, Brown Chamberlin, Diamond Edge) and Yorkshire (Bregawn, Silver Buck).
The race was named in honour of Jim Ford, a local trainer who won the 1955 Cheltenham Gold Cup with Gay Donald.
Winners since 1980
Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer |
1980 | Diamond Edge | 9 | 11-11 | Bill Smith | Fulke Walwyn |
1981 | Silver Buck | 9 | 11-11 | Tommy Carmody | Michael Dickinson |
1982 | |||||
1983 | Combs Ditch | 7 | 11-11 | Colin Brown | David Elsworth |
1984 | Burrough Hill Lad | 8 | 11-11 | John Francome | Jenny Pitman |
1985 | Abandoned due to snow and frost | ||||
1986 | Abandoned due to frost | ||||
1987 | Desert Orchid | 8 | 11-11 | Colin Brown | David Elsworth |
1988 | Kildimo | 8 | 11-11 | Graham Bradley | Toby Balding |
1989 | Cavvies Clown | 9 | 11-10 | Russ Arnott | David Elsworth |
1990 | Cavvies Clown | 10 | 11-06 | Graham Bradley | David Elsworth |
1991 | Cool Ground | 9 | 11-00 | Jimmy Frost | Reg Akehurst |
1992 | Kings Fountain | 9 | 11-02 | Anthony Tory | Kim Bailey |
1993 | Cavvies Clown | 13 | 11-02 | Graham Bradley | Jenny Pitman |
1994 | See More Indians | 7 | 10-10 | Graham Bradley | Paul Nicholls |
1995 | Monsieur Le Cure | 9 | 10-10 | Peter Niven | John Edwards |
1996 | Abandoned : Frost | ||||
1997 | Coome Hill | 8 | 11-02 | Jamie Osborne | Walter Dennis |
1998 | Go Ballistic | 9 | 11-08 | Tony Dobbin | John O'Shea |
1999 | Double Thriller | 9 | 11-05 | Joe Tizzard | Paul Nicholls |
2000 | Spendid | 8 | 11-07 | Richard Johnson | Alan King |
2001 | Marlborough | 9 | 11-12 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
2002 | See More Business | 12 | 11-12 | Joe Tizzard | Paul Nicholls |
2003 | See More Business | 13 | 11-12 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
2004 | Exit Swinger | 9 | 11-02 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
2005 | Heros Collonges | 10 | 11-02 | Christian Williams | Paul Nicholls |
2006 | All In The Stars | 8 | 10-12 | Daryl Jacob | D P Keane |
2007 | Little Brick | 8 | 10-07 | Tony McCoy | David Pipe |
2008 | Neptune Collonges | 7 | 11-10 | L Heard | Paul Nicholls |