- Totesport Bowl
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Grade 1 race
Totesport BowlLocation Aintree Racecourse
Merseyside, EnglandInaugurated 1984 Race type Chase Sponsor Totesport Website Aintree Race information Distance 3m 1f (5,029 metres) Track Turf, left-handed Qualification Five-years-old and up Weight 11 st 7 lb
Allowances
7 lb for maresPurse £150,000 (2010)
1st: £85,515The Totesport Bowl is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Aintree over a distance of about 3 miles and 1 furlong (5,029 metres), and during its running there are nineteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in early April.
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History
The event was established in 1984, and it was originally designed as a consolation prize for horses which were beaten or had been unable to participate in the previous month's Cheltenham Gold Cup. The inaugural running was backed by Perrier-Jouët, and it was titled the Perrier-Jouët Champagne Cup. For the following three years it was sponsored by Whitbread and called the Whitbread Gold Label Cup.
Subsequent sponsors have included Martell (the Martell Cup, the Martell Cognac Cup) and Betfair (the Betfair Bowl). Totesport began supporting the event in 2008.
The Totesport Bowl was promoted to Grade 1 status in 2010. It is currently held on the opening day of the three-day Grand National meeting.
Records
Most successful horse (2 wins):
- Wayward Lad – 1985, 1987
- Docklands Express – 1993, 1994
- First Gold – 2001, 2003
Leading jockey (2 wins):
- Richard Dunwoody – Aquilifer (1991), Docklands Express (1994)
- Thierry Doumen – First Gold (2001, 2003)
- Tony McCoy – Tiutchev (2004), Exotic Dancer (2007)
- Timmy Murphy – Celestial Gold (2006), Our Vic (2008)
Leading trainer (3 wins):
- Martin Pipe – Aquilifer (1991), Tiutchev (2004), Celestial Gold (2006)
- Kim Bailey – Kings Fountain (1992), Docklands Express (1993, 1994)
Winners
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer 1984 Royal Bond 11 Tom Taaffe Arthur Moore 1985 Wayward Lad 10 John Francome Monica Dickinson 1986 Beau Ranger 8 Hywel Davies John Thorne 1987 Wayward Lad 12 Graham McCourt Monica Dickinson 1988 Desert Orchid 9 Simon Sherwood David Elsworth 1989 Yahoo 8 Tom Morgan John Edwards 1990 Toby Tobias 8 Mark Pitman Jenny Pitman 1991 Aquilifer 11 Richard Dunwoody Martin Pipe 1992 Kings Fountain 9 Anthony Tory Kim Bailey 1993 Docklands Express 11 Jamie Osborne Kim Bailey 1994 Docklands Express 12 Richard Dunwoody Kim Bailey 1995 Merry Gale 7 Graham Bradley Jim Dreaper 1996 Scotton Banks 7 Lorcan Wyer Tim Easterby 1997 Barton Bank 11 David Walsh David Nicholson 1998 Escartefigue 6 Richard Johnson David Nicholson 1999 Macgeorge 9 Adrian Maguire Richard Lee 2000 See More Business 10 Mick Fitzgerald Paul Nicholls 2001 First Gold 8 Thierry Doumen François Doumen 2002 Florida Pearl 10 Barry Geraghty Willie Mullins 2003 First Gold 10 Thierry Doumen François Doumen 2004 Tiutchev 11 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe 2005 Grey Abbey 11 Graham Lee Howard Johnson 2006 Celestial Gold 8 Timmy Murphy Martin Pipe 2007 Exotic Dancer 7 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill 2008 Our Vic 10 Timmy Murphy David Pipe 2009 Madison du Berlais 8 Tom Scudamore David Pipe 2010 What a Friend 7 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls 2011 Nacarat 10 Paddy Brennan Tom George See also
- Horseracing in Great Britain
- List of British National Hunt races
- Recurring sporting events established in 1984 – this race is included under its original title, Perrier-Jouët Champagne Cup.
References
- aintree.co.uk – 2010 John Smith's Grand National Media Guide.
- pedigreequery.com – Bowl Chase – Aintree.
- Ladbrokes Pocket Companion 1990/91. Aesculus Press. 1990. p. 65. ISBN 1-871093-21-X.
Categories:- National Hunt races in Great Britain
- Aintree Racecourse
- National Hunt chases
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