- Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup
The Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup is a Grade 3 National Hunt horse race in the
United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses. It is run over a distance of 3mile s 2½furlong s (5,331 metres) atNewbury Racecourse in late November or early December.It was first run in 1957 at
Cheltenham Racecourse , moving to its present venue in 1960. It takes its name from Hennessy Cognac, the long term sponsors of the race. It is a prestigious handicap chase, and the most important race of its kind before Christmas. There are twenty-one fences to be jumped in the race.Winners
* "Weights given in stones - pounds; Amateur jockeys identified by "Mr"." *
Be My Royal finished first in 2002 but was subsequently disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance.References
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Racing Post :
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=26520&r_date=1988-11-26 1988] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=32092&r_date=1989-11-25 1989] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=37665&r_date=1990-11-24 1990] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=43154&r_date=1991-11-23 1991] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=49020&r_date=1992-11-28 1992] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=54778&r_date=1993-11-27 1993] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=60536&r_date=1994-11-26 1994] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=66268&r_date=1995-11-25 1995] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=232039&r_date=1996-11-30 1996] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=244469&r_date=1997-11-29 1997]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=258065&r_date=1998-11-28 1998] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=273385&r_date=1999-11-27 1999] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=292004&r_date=2000-11-25 2000] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=307815&r_date=2001-12-1 2001] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=323574&r_date=2002-11-30 2002] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=340396&r_date=2003-11-29 2003] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=359721&r_date=2004-11-27 2004] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=394475&r_date=2005-11-26 2005] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=418126&r_date=2006-11-25 2006] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=442548&r_date=2007-12-1 2007]
* [http://www.sportingchronicle.com/ukracecourses/coursesnp/hennessygoldcup.html sportingchronicle.com]ee also
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Horseracing in Great Britain
*List of British National Hunt races
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