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Kingwell Hurdle

Hurdle horse race in Britain

Summary

Hurdle horse race in Britain

|} The Kingwell Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Wincanton over a distance of about 2 miles (1 mile, 7 furlongs and 65 yards, or 3365 yd ), and during its running there are eight hurdles to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in February.

The race was first run in 1971 and was awarded Grade 2 status in 1991.

The event serves as an important trial for the Champion Hurdle in March. Several horses have won both races in the same year, and the most recent to achieve this was Golden Ace in 2025.

Winners

Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".

Year
Winner
Age
Jockey
Trainer

1971	Bula	6	Richard Pitman	Fred Winter
1972	Bula	7	Paul Kelleway	Fred Winter
1973	Bula	8	Paul Kelleway	Fred Winter
1974	Lanzarote	6	Richard Pitman	Fred Winter
1975	Lanzarote	7	Richard Pitman	Fred Winter
1976	Lanzarote	8	John Francome	Fred Winter
1977	Dramatist	6	Bill Smith	Fulke Walwyn
1978Abandoned because of snow
1979	Western Rose	7	Colin Tinkler	Fred Rimell
1980	Random Leg	5	Richard Rowe	Josh Gifford
1981	Jugador	6	Peter Haynes	Derek Kent
1982	Walnut Wonder	7	Colin Brown	David Elsworth
1983	Migrator	7	Richard Linley	Les Kennard
1984	Desert Orchid	5	Colin Brown	David Elsworth
1985	no race 1985–86
1987	Hypnosis	8	Peter Scudamore	David Elsworth
1988	Floyd	8	Colin Brown	David Elsworth
1989	Floyd	9	Richard Dunwoody	David Elsworth
1990	Kribensis	6	Richard Dunwoody	Michael Stoute
1991	Welsh Bard	7	Peter Scudamore	Charlie Brooks
1992	Fidway	7	Peter Scudamore	Tim Thomson Jones
1993	Valfinet	6	Peter Scudamore	Martin Pipe
1994	Valfinet	7	Richard Dunwoody	Martin Pipe
1995	Alderbrook	6	Norman Williamson	Kim Bailey
1996	no race 1996
1997	Dreams End	9	Richard Dunwoody	Peter Bowen
1998	I'm Supposin	6	Richard Dunwoody	Richard Rowe
1999	Grey Shot	7	Jamie Osborne	Ian Balding
2000	Hors La Loi III	5	Dean Gallagher	François Doumen
2001	Azertyuiop	4	Adrian Maguire	Paul Nicholls
2002	Hors La Loi III	7	Dean Gallagher	James Fanshawe
2003	Rhinestone Cowboy	7	Norman Williamson	Jonjo O'Neill
2004	Rigmarole	6	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls
2005	Inglis Drever	6	Tony McCoy	Howard Johnson
2006	Briareus	6	Mr Tom Greenall	Andrew Balding
2007	Straw Bear	6	Tony McCoy	Nick Gifford
2008	Katchit	5	Robert Thornton	Alan King
2009	Ashkazar	5	Timmy Murphy	David Pipe
2010	no race 2010
2011	Mille Chief	5	Robert Thornton	Alan King
2012	Binocular	8	Tony McCoy	Nicky Henderson
2013	Zarkandar	6	Daryl Jacob	Paul Nicholls
2014	Melodic Rendezvous	8	Nick Scholfield	Jeremy Scott
2015	Blue Heron	7	Harry Skelton	Dan Skelton
2016	Rayvin Black	7	Tom Garner	Oliver Sherwood
2017	Yanworth	7	Barry Geraghty	Alan King
2018	Elgin	6	Wayne Hutchinson	Alan King
2019	Grand Sancy	5	Harry Skelton	Paul Nicholls
2020	Song for Someone	5	Aidan Coleman	Tom Symonds
2021	Goshen	5	Jamie Moore	Gary Moore
2022	Goshen	6	Jamie Moore	Gary Moore
2023	I Like To Move It	6	Sam Twiston-Davies	Nigel Twiston-Davies
2024	Nemean Lion	7	Richard Patrick	Kerry Lee
2025	Golden Ace	7	Lorcan Williams	Jeremy Scott

The race was abandoned in 1985 because of snow and frost, and in 1986 because of frost. The race was abandoned in 1996 because of snow and frost. The 2010 running was cancelled due to frost.

References

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