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Scottish Champion Hurdle

Hurdle horse race in Britain

Summary

Hurdle horse race in Britain

Field	Value
class	Grade 2
horse race	Scottish Champion Hurdle
location	Ayr Racecourse
Ayr, Scotland
inaugurated	1966
race type	Hurdle race
sponsor	Coral
website	Ayr
distance	2 miles (3,219 metres)
surface	Turf
track	Left-handed
qualification	Four-years-old and up
weight	Limited Handicap
purse	£40,000 (2021)
1st: £22,780

Ayr, Scotland 1st: £22,780 |} The Scottish Champion Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Ayr, South Ayrshire, over a distance of about 2 miles (3,219 metres), and during its running there are nine hurdles to be jumped. It is a limited handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in April.

The event was established in 1966, and the inaugural winner was Blue Venom. For a period it was classed at Listed level, and it was promoted to Grade 2 status in 1991. The race used to be held on the day before the Scottish Grand National, but both events have taken place on the same day since 1994. Its present sponsor, CPMS, has backed the race since 2019.

Several winners of the Scottish Champion Hurdle have also achieved victory in the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The most recent was Alderbrook, the winner of the latter contest in 1995. Captain Christy won the race in 1973, the year before winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup as a novice. Another Irish-trained horse, Golden Cygnet, suffered fatal injuries when he fell in the 1978 running.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

Sea Pigeon – 1977, 1978
Birds Nest – 1979, 1981

Leading jockey (3 wins):

Andrew Turnell – Bird's Nest (1979, 1981), Secret Ballot (1980)
Peter Scudamore – Royal Vulcan (1983), Rushmoor (1984), Granville Again (1992)
Richard Dunwoody – Alderbrook (1996), Blowing Wind (1998), Fadalko (1999)
Richard Johnson – In Contrast (2003), Noble Request (2006), Cheltenian (2015)

Leading trainer (4 wins):

Martin Pipe – Sayparee (1990), Granville Again (1992), Blowing Wind (1998), Copeland (2004)

Winners

Weights given in stones and pounds.

Year
Winner
Age
Weight
Jockey
Trainer

1966	Blue Venom	7	11-01	Peter Adams	Peter Adams
1967	Originator	6	11-01	E Wilson	J Barclay
1968	Al-'Alawi	5	10-08	Pat McCarron	T Robson
1969	Mugatpura	6	11-03	Tommy Jennings	Fulke Walwyn
1970	Easter Pirate	6	10-00	Stan Hayhurst	R Fairbairn
1971	Dondieu	6	11-11	Brian Fletcher	Denys Smith
1972	Coral Diver	7	11-11	Ken White	Fred Rimell
1973	Captain Christy	6	12-00	Bobby Beasley	Pat Taaffe (Ir)
1974	Santon Brig	5	11-03	Michael Dickinson	Tony Dickinson
1975	Comedy of Errors	8	12-00	Ken White	Fred Rimell
1976	Night Nurse	5	12-00	Paddy Broderick	Peter Easterby
1977	Sea Pigeon	7	11-04	Jonjo O'Neill	Peter Easterby
1978	Sea Pigeon	8	12-00	Jonjo O'Neill	Peter Easterby
1979	Bird's Nest	9	11-08	Andrew Turnell	Bob Turnell
1980	Secret Ballot	6	10-07	Andrew Turnell	Bob Turnell
1981	Bird's Nest	11	11-06	Andrew Turnell	Bob Turnell
1982	Gay George	6	11-07	Bill Smith	Fulke Walwyn
1983	Royal Vulcan	5	11-13	Peter Scudamore	Neville Callaghan
1984	Rushmoor	6	10-13	Peter Scudamore	Ray Peacock
1985	Sailor's Dance	5	11-01	Jimmy Duggan	Fred Winter
1986	River Ceiriog	5	10-09	Steve Smith Eccles	Nicky Henderson
1987	Positive	5	10-08	Paul Croucher	Kim Bailey
1988	Pat's Jester	5	11-01	Brian Storey	Dick Allan
1989	Aldino	6	12-00	Simon Sherwood	Oliver Sherwood
1990	Sayparee	5	10-07	Jonothan Lower	Martin Pipe
1991	Precious Boy	5	11-02	Lorcan Wyer	Mike O'Neill
1992	Granville Again	6	11-10	Peter Scudamore	Martin Pipe
1993	Staunch Friend	5	11-10	Adrian Maguire	Mark Tompkins
1994	Corrouge	5	11-02	David Bridgwater	Nigel Twiston-Davies
1995	Home Counties	6	11-02	James Moffatt	Dudley Moffatt
1996	Alderbrook	7	11-07	Richard Dunwoody	Kim Bailey
1997	Shadow Leader	6	10-05	Jamie Osborne	Charles Egerton
1998	Blowing Wind	5	11-05	Richard Dunwoody	Martin Pipe
1999	Fadalko	6	10-04	Richard Dunwoody	Paul Nicholls
2000	Mister Morose	10	10-10	Tony McCoy	Nigel Twiston-Davies
2001	Ulundi	6	10-04	Dean Gallagher	Paul Webber
2002	Milligan	7	10-08	Norman Williamson	Venetia Williams
2003	In Contrast	7	10-13	Richard Johnson	Philip Hobbs
2004	Copeland	9	10-01	Jamie Moore	Martin Pipe
2005	Genghis	6	10-11	Tony McCoy	Peter Bowen
2006	Noble Request	5	10-09	Richard Johnson	Philip Hobbs
2007	Emmpat	9	10-07	David Casey	Charlie Swan
2008	Border Castle	7	09-13	Nick Scholfield	Andrew Haynes
2009	Noble Alan	6	10-05	Davy Condon	Nicky Richards
2010	Overturn	6	10-07	Timmy Murphy	Donald McCain
2011	Sanctuaire	5	10-08	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls
2012	Raya Star	6	11-06	Robert Thornton	Alan King
2013	Court Minstrel	6	10-09	Adam Wedge	Evan Williams
2014	Cockney Sparrow	5	09-11	Dean Pratt	John Quinn
2015	Cheltenian	9	10-13	Richard Johnson	Philip Hobbs
2016	Ch'Tibello	5	11-01	Harry Skelton	Dan Skelton
2017	Chesterfield	7	10-05	Daniel Sansom	Seamus Mullins
2018	Midnight Shadow	5	10-04	Danny Cook	Sue Smith
2019	Verdana Blue	7	11-03	Connor Brace	Nicky Henderson
	no race 2020
2021	Milkwood	7	11-06	Sam Twiston-Davies	Neil Mulholland
2022	Anna Bunina	6	10-04	Sean Bowen	John McConnell
2023	Rubaud	5	10-11	Harry Cobden	Paul Nicholls
2024	Favour And Fortune	6	11-02	Tom Cannon	Alan King
2025	Cracking Rhapsody	6	11-05	Craig Nichol	Ewan Whillans

References

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pedigreequery.com – Scottish Champion Hurdle – Ayr.
1978 Scottish Champion Hurdle Ayr

References

(17 March 2020). "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April".

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