Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup

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 3 miles 2½ furlongs (5,331 metres) at Newbury 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

* 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

* Horseracing in Great Britain
* List of British National Hunt races


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