Triumph Hurdle
| Grade 1 race | |
| Location | Cheltenham Racecourse Cheltenham, England |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1939 |
| Race type | Hurdle race |
| Sponsor | JCB |
| Website | Cheltenham |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 2m 1f (3,420 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Four-year-olds |
| Weight | 11 st 0 lb Allowances 7 lb for fillies |
| Purse | £120,000 (2014) 1st: £68,340 |
| 2018 | ||
 |  |  |
| Farclas | Mr Adjudicator | Sayo |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ||
 |  |  |
| Defi Du Seuil | Mega Fortune | Bapaume |
| 2016 | ||
| |  |
| Ivanovich Gorbatov | Apple's Jade | Footpad |
| 2015 | ||
 |  | |
| Peace And Co | Top Notch | Hargam |
| 2014 | ||
| |  |
| Tiger Roll | Kentucky Hyden | Guitar Pete |
| 2013 | ||
 |  |  |
| Our Conor | Far West | Sametegal |
| 2012 | ||
 |  |  |
| Countrywide Flame | Hisaabaat | Grumeti |
| 2011 | ||
 |  | |
| Zarkandar | Unaccompanied | Grandouet |
| 2010-2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
|  |  |
| Soldatino | Barizan | Alaivan |
| 2009 | ||
 | |  |
| Zaynar | Walkon | Mourad |
| 2008 | ||
 | |  |
| Celestial Halo | Franchoek | Won in the Dark |
| 2007 | ||
 |  |  |
| Katchit | Liberate | Mobaasher |
| 2006 | ||
 |  |  |
| Detroit City | Fair Along | Blazing Bailey |
| 2005 | ||
 |  |  |
| Penzance | Faasel | Akilak |
| 2004 | ||
 |  |  |
| Made in Japan | Chief Yeoman | Top Strategy |
| 2003 | ||
 |  |  |
| Spectroscope | Well Chief | Golden Cross |
| 2002 | ||
 |  |  |
| Scolardy | Newhall | Diamond Joshua |
| 2000-1991 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
 |  |  |
| Snow Drop | Regal Exit | General Cloney |
| 1999 | ||
 |  | |
| Katarino | Balla Sola | Afarad |
| 1998 | ||
 |  |  |
| Upgrade | City Hall | Nomadic |
| 1997 | ||
 |  |  |
| Commanche Court | Circus Star | Shooting Light |
| 1996 | ||
 |  |  |
| Paddy's Return | Mistinguett | Hatta Breeze |
| 1995 | ||
 |  |  |
| Kissair | Silver Wedge | Anzum |
| 1994 | ||
 |  |  |
| Mysilv | Moorish | Shirley's Delight |
| 1993 | ||
 |  |  |
| Shawiya | Amazon Express | Major Bugler |
| 1992 | ||
 |  |  |
| Duke of Monmouth | Crowded House | Al Mutahm |
| 1991 | ||
 |  |  |
| Oh So Risky | Chirkpar | Boarding School |
| 1991-1988 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||
| |  |
| Rare Holiday | Ninja | Native Friend |
| 1989 | ||
 |  |  |
| Ikdam | Highland Bud | Don Valentino |
| 1988 | ||
| |  |
| Kribensis | Wahiba | Chatam |
| | ||
The Triumph Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 1 furlong (3,420 metres), and during its running there are eight hurdles to be jumped. The race is for novice hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Cheltenham Festival in March.
It is the leading event in the National Hunt calendar to be exclusively contested by juveniles, and it is the opening race on the final day of the Festival.
Contents
1 History
2 Records
3 Winners
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
History
The event was established in 1939, and it was originally held at Hurst Park in Surrey.[1] During the early part of its history it was regularly contested by horses trained in France – six of the first seven winners were French-based. The flat racing jockey Lester Piggott achieved one of his twenty hurdle victories in this race in 1954.
The Triumph Hurdle was transferred to Cheltenham in 1965, and for a period thereafter it was sponsored by the Daily Express. It was initially held during the venue's April meeting, but it became part of the Festival in 1968.[2] The Elite Racing Club took over the sponsorship in 1997, and JCB became the sponsor in 2002.
Winners of the Triumph Hurdle often go on to compete in subsequent editions of the Champion Hurdle. Four horses have achieved victory in both events – Clair Soleil, Persian War, Kribensis and Katchit.
Records
Leading jockey (5 wins):
Barry Geraghty – Spectroscope (2003), Zaynar (2009), Soldatino (2010), Peace And Co (2015), Ivanovich Gorbatov (2016)
Leading trainer (6 wins):
Nicky Henderson – First Bout (1985), Alone Success (1987), Katarino (1999), Zaynar (2009), Soldatino (2010), Peace And Co (2015)
Winners
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Grey Talk | Serge Rochet | George Batchelor |
1940 | no race 1940–49 | ||
| 1950 | Abrupto | Roger Mantelin | E. Diggle |
| 1951 | Blue Song II | Fernand Thirion | Georges Pelat |
| 1952 | Hoggar | Roger Triboit | John Cunnington |
| 1953 | Clair Soleil | Fred Winter | François Mathet |
| 1954 | Prince Charlemagne | Lester Piggott | Tommy Carey |
| 1955 | Kwannin | Pierre Delfarguiel | Alec Head |
| 1956 | Square Dance | Michael Scudamore | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1957 | Meritorius | Denis Dillon | Peter Thrale |
| 1958 | Pundit | Harry Sprague | Staff Ingham |
| 1959 | Amazon's Choice | Johnny Gilbert | Peter Thrale |
| 1960 | Turpial | Arthur Freeman | Peter Cazalet |
| 1961 | Cantab | Fred Winter | Ryan Price |
| 1962 | Beaver II | Josh Gifford | Ryan Price |
1963 | no race 1963–64 | ||
| 1965 | Blarney Beacon | Geordie Ramshaw | Ron Smyth |
| 1966 | Black Ice | Bobby Beasley | Arthur Thomas |
| 1967 | Persian War | Jimmy Uttley | Brian Swift |
| 1968 | England's Glory | Jimmy Uttley | Staff Ingham |
| 1969 | Coral Diver | Terry Biddlecombe | Fred Rimell |
| 1970 | Varma | Brian Barker | Mick Masson |
| 1971 | Boxer | Jimmy Uttley | Ron Smyth |
| 1972 | Zarib | Bill Smith | Fred Rimell |
| 1973 | Moonlight Bay | Johnny Haine | Ryan Price |
| 1974 | Attivo | Robert Hughes | Cyril Mitchell |
| 1975 | Royal Epic | Fred McKenna | Vernon Cross |
| 1976 | Peterhof | Jonjo O'Neill | Mick Easterby |
| 1977 | Meladon | Tommy Carberry | Adrian Maxwell |
| 1978 | Connaught Ranger | John Burke | Fred Rimell |
| 1979 | Pollardstown | Philip Blacker | Stan Mellor |
| 1980 | Heighlin | Steve Jobar | David Elsworth |
| 1981 | Baron Blakeney | Paul Leach | Martin Pipe |
| 1982 | Shiny Copper | Allen Webb | Dina Smith |
| 1983 | Saxon Farm | Mark Perrett | Stan Mellor |
| 1984 | Northern Game | Tommy Ryan | Edward O'Grady |
| 1985 | First Bout | Steve Smith Eccles | Nicky Henderson |
| 1986 | Solar Cloud | Peter Scudamore | David Nicholson |
| 1987 | Alone Success | Steve Smith Eccles | Nicky Henderson |
| 1988 | Kribensis | Richard Dunwoody | Michael Stoute |
| 1989 | Ikdam | Nigel Coleman | Richard Holder |
| 1990 | Rare Holiday | Brendan Sheridan | Dermot Weld |
| 1991 | Oh So Risky | Paul Holley | David Elsworth |
| 1992 | Duke of Monmouth | Mark Richards | Simon Sherwood |
| 1993 | Shawiya | Charlie Swan | Michael O'Brien |
| 1994 | Mysilv | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
| 1995 | Kissair | Jonothan Lower | Martin Pipe |
| 1996 | Paddy's Return | Richard Dunwoody | Ferdy Murphy |
| 1997 | Commanche Court | Norman Williamson | Ted Walsh |
| 1998 | Upgrade | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 1999 | Katarino | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
| 2000 | Snow Drop | Thierry Doumen | François Doumen |
2001 | no race 2001 [1] | ||
| 2002 | Scolardy | Charlie Swan | Willie Mullins |
| 2003 | Spectroscope | Barry Geraghty | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2004 | Made in Japan | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
| 2005 | Penzance | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2006 | Detroit City | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
| 2007 | Katchit | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2008 | Celestial Halo | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2009 | Zaynar | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
| 2010 | Soldatino | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
| 2011 | Zarkandar | Daryl Jacob | Paul Nicholls |
| 2012 | Countrywide Flame | Dougie Costello | John Quinn |
| 2013 | Our Conor | Bryan Cooper | Dessie Hughes |
| 2014 | Tiger Roll | Davy Russell | Gordon Elliott |
| 2015 | Peace And Co | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
| 2016 | Ivanovich Gorbatov | Barry Geraghty | Aidan O'Brien |
| 2017 | Defi du Seuil | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
| 2018 | Farclas | Jack Kennedy | Gordon Elliott |
1 The 2001 running was cancelled because of a foot-and-mouth crisis.
See also
- Horseracing in Great Britain
- List of British National Hunt races
References
^ "Cheltenham's Triumph". ESPN. Retrieved 7 May 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Riley, Stuart. "Ten of the best: we look at some of those who have repeated festival success | Horse Racing News | Racing Post". www.racingpost.com. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
Racing Post:
1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
bbc.co.uk – Hurst Park in Surrey.
cheltenham.co.uk – Media information pack (2010).
pedigreequery.com – Triumph Hurdle – Cheltenham.
The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records. Breedon Books. 1993. p. 233. ISBN 1-873626-15-0.
External links
- Race Recordings [1]
