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Haldon Gold Cup

Steeplechase horse race in Britain

|} The Haldon Gold Cup, a limited handicap**,** is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Exeter over a distance of about 2 miles and 1½ furlongs (2 miles, 1 furlong and 109 yards, or 3,520 metres), with twelve fences. The race is scheduled to take place each year in late October or early November. The 2024 race, on 8 November, was worth £59,440 to the winner.

The event is named after Haldon, a ridge of high ground in Devon on which Exeter Racecourse is located. The race became a limited handicap in 1996.

The 2005 edition was marred by the death of Best Mate, a three-time winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

Travado – 1993,1994,1995

Leading jockey (4 wins):

Peter Scudamore – Artifice (1983), Admiral's Cup (1986), Sabin du Loir (1990,1991)
Richard Johnson - * Viking Flagship (1997), Monkerhostin (2005), Ashley Brook (2008), Planet of Sound (2009) *

Leading trainer (8 wins):

Paul Nicholls – *Lake Kariba (1998), Flagship Uberalles (1999), Azertyuiop (2004), Tchico Polos (2010), Vibrato Valtat (2015), Politologue (2017), Greaneteen (2020,2022) *

Winners since 1969

Weights given in stones and pounds.

Year
Winner
Age
Weight
Jockey
Trainer

1969	Moonduster	10	12-07	Terry Biddlecombe	Fred Rimell
1970Abandoned due to Fog
1971	Bangkok	9	11-05	Bill Smith	Les Kennard
1972	Bangkok	10	11-12	Mr R Smith	Les Kennard
1973Abandoned due to Waterlogging
1974	Polymic	8	10-10	Anthony Andrews	J Cobden
1975	Sandwilan	7	11-04	Ron Hyett	S Wright
1976	Master H	7	11-08	Philip Blacker	Michael Oliver
1977	Transformation	8	10-08	Clive Candy	Jim Old
1978Abandoned because of dangerously hard ground
1979	Hutton Lad	8	10-06	Lorna Vincent	Les Kennard
1980	Foreign Legion	9	11-09	G McNally	C James
1981	Silversmith	8	11-01	Steve Smith Eccles	Les Kennard
1982	News King	8	12-00	John Francome	Fred Winter
1983	Artifice	12	11-10	Peter Scudamore	John Thorne
1984	Fifty Dollars More	9	11-10	Richard Linley	Fred Winter
1985	Kathies Lad	8	11-08	Steve Smith-Eccles	Alan Jarvis
1986	Admiral's Cup	8	11-08	Peter Scudamore	Fred Winter
1987	Very Promising	9	11-00	Richard Dunwoody	David Nicholson
1988	Barnbrook Again	7	11-00	Simon Sherwood	David Elsworth
1989	Panto Prince	8	11-00	Brendan Powell	Chris Popham
1990	Sabin du Loir	11	11-00	Peter Scudamore	Martin Pipe
1991	Sabin du Loir	12	11-06	Peter Scudamore	Martin Pipe
1992	Waterloo Boy	9	11-06	Richard Dunwoody	David Nicholson
1993	Travado	7	11-00	Jamie Osborne	Nicky Henderson
1994	Travado	8	11-06	Jamie Osborne	Nicky Henderson
1995	Travado	9	11-06	Jamie Osborne	Nicky Henderson
1996	Absalom's Lady	8	10-07	David Bridgwater	Gay Kelleway
1997	Viking Flagship	10	11-10	Richard Johnson	David Nicholson
1998	Lake Kariba	7	10-06	Joe Tizzard	Paul Nicholls
1999	Flagship Uberalles	5	10–13	Joe Tizzard	Paul Nicholls
2000	Bellator	7	10-09	Norman Williamson	Venetia Williams
2001	Best Mate	6	10–12	Jim Culloty	Henrietta Knight
2002	Edredon Bleu	10	11-10	Jim Culloty	Henrietta Knight
2003	Edredon Bleu	11	11-10	Jim Culloty	Henrietta Knight
2004	Azertyuiop	7	11-10	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls
2005	Monkerhostin	8	10-05	Richard Johnson	Philip Hobbs
2006	Impek	10	11-10	Tony McCoy	Henrietta Knight
2007	Pablo du Charmil	6	10–12	Tom Scudamore	David Pipe
2008	Ashley Brook	10	10-04	Richard Johnson	Kevin Bishop
2009	Planet of Sound	7	10-09	Richard Johnson	Philip Hobbs
2010	Tchico Polos	6	10-04	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls
2011	Medermit	7	11-04	Robert Thornton	Alan King
2012	Cue Card	6	11-07	Joe Tizzard	Colin Tizzard
2013	Somersby	9	10-07	Dominic Elsworth	Mick Channon
2014	God's Own	6	10-07	Paddy Brennan	Tom George
2015	Vibrato Valtat	6	11-01	Sam Twiston-Davies	Paul Nicholls
2016	Sir Valentino	7	10-08	Adrian Heskin	Tom George
2017	Politologue	6	11-02	Sam Twiston-Davies	Paul Nicholls
2018	God's Own	10	11-09	Paddy Brennan	Tom George
2019	Janika	6	11-10	Daryl Jacob	Nicky Henderson
2020	Greaneteen	6	11-03	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls
2021	Eldorado Allen	7	10-07	Brendan Powell	Colin Tizzard
2022	Greaneteen	8	11-12	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls
2023	Elixir De Nutz	9	10-00	Freddie Gingell	Joe Tizzard
2024	JPR One	7	11-12	Brendan Powell	Joe Tizzard
2025	Thistle Ask	8	10-06	Harry Skelton	Dan Skelton

References

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