Welsh Champion Hurdle

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Welsh Champion Hurdle
2016
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The Welsh Champion Hurdle is a National Hunt Limited handicap hurdle race in Wales which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Ffos Las over a distance of 2 miles and four furlongs (4,023 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late January or early February.

The race was first run in 1969 at Chepstow over 2 miles (3,218 metres), and continued there until 2002, holding Listed status during the 1980s. The race was usually run on Easter Monday and prior to the 1990s was usually contested by horses that had performed well in the Champion Hurdle. However field sizes were consistently small even in its heyday.

The standard of the race declined in the 1990s, and it was run as a handicap in 1993 and from 2000 until 2002. Unfortunately this change did not result in increased fields and the race was dropped from the calendar in 2003.

In 2010 the race was revived, as a Limited Handicap, scheduled to be run at Ffos Las in February, over 2 miles. However the race was lost to the weather.

The new race did take place in 2011, being won easily by Oscar Whisky, owned by track owner, Dai Walters.[1]

The distance was increased to its current distance of 2 miles and 4 furlongs in 2013.

Winners

Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer
1969 Persian War 6 12-00 Jimmy Uttley Colin Davies
1970 Frozen Alive 4 10-12 Stan Mellor Harry Thomson Jones
1971 Bula 6 12-00 Paul Kelleway Fred Winter
1972 Canasta Lad 6 11-08 Jeff King P Bailey
1973 Comedy of Errors 6 12-00 Bill Smith Fred Rimell
1974 Canasta Lad 8 11-04 Jeff King P Bailey
1975 Lanzarote 7 11-04 Richard Pitman Fred Winter
1976 Night Nurse 5 11-11 Paddy Broderick Peter Easterby
1977 Night Nurse 6 11-12 Paddy Broderick Peter Easterby
1978 Abandoned because course waterlogged
1979 Monksfield 7 12-00 Dessie Hughes Des McDonogh (Ir)
1980 Sea Pigeon 10 12-00 Jonjo O'Neill Peter Easterby
1981 Pollardstown 6 11-09 Philip Blacker Stan Mellor
1982 Ekbalco 6 11-09 Jonjo O'Neill Roger Fisher
1983 Royal Vulcan 5 11-13 David Goulding Neville Callaghan
1984 Ra Nova 5 11-08 Mark Perrett Nan Kennedy
1985 Browne's Gazette 7 11-13 Dermot Browne Monica Dickinson
1986 Abandoned because course waterlogged
1987 High Knowl 4 11-00 Jonothon Lower Martin Pipe
1988 Past Glories 5 11-06 Patrick Farrell Charles Elsey
1989 Celtic Shot 7 11-06 Peter Scudamore Charlie Brooks
1990 Beech Road 8 12-01 Richard Guest Toby Balding
1991 Wonder Man 6 11-10 Mark Pitman Jenny Pitman
1992 Don Valentino 7 11-10 Mark Pitman Jenny Pitman
1993 Dextra Dove 6 10-04 Simon Earle Philip Hobbs
1994 Abandoned
1995 Nemuro 10-09 Alan McCabe David Elsworth
1996 Absalom's Lady 11-09 A Procter David Elsworth
1997 Potentate 11-06 Jamie Evans Martin Pipe
1998 Potentate 11-10 Jamie Evans Martin Pipe
1999 Potentate 11-12 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
2000 Mister Morose 11-10 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies
2001 Abandoned
2002 Vol Solitaire 4 10-00 Timmy Murphy Paul Nicholls
2003–2009 No Race
2010 Abandoned
2011 Oscar Whisky 6 11-07 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson
2012 Abandoned
2013 Medinas 6 10-10 Wayne Hutchinson Alan King
2014 Saphir Du Rheu 5 11-10 Harry Derham Paul Nicholls
2015 Silsol 6 11-10 Jack Sherwood Paul Nicholls
2016 no race 2016 [1]

1 The 2016 race was abandoned because of waterlogging.[2]


References

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