Hurst Park Novices' Chase
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The Hurst Park Novices' Chase was a National Hunt novice chase in England.
It was run at Ascot over a distance of 2 miles (3,218 metres), and it was scheduled to take place each year in November.
The race was first run in 1965 and was run for the last time in 1999. The race held Grade 2 status from 1990 to 1993. It usually attracted a good quality field but the number of runners was consistently low (averaged less than 5 in last twenty years).
Winners
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| style="width:36px" | Year | style="width:160px" | Winner | style="width:30px" | Age | style="width:180px" | Jockey | style="width:180px" | Trainer | ||||
| 1965 | Stalbridge Colonist | 6 | Bill Rees | Ken Cundell |
| 1966 | Sir Thopas | 5 | Jeff King | Bob Turnell |
| 1967 | Get Stepping | 6 | Jeff King | Bob Turnell |
| 1968 | Rehearsed | 6 | Bill Rees | Bob Turnell |
| 1969 | Louis Napoleon | 6 | Stan Mellor | Frank Cundell |
| 1970 | Table Mountain | 5 | Ken White | Fred Rimell |
| 1971 | Shell Streak | 4 | Bob Champion | S Pattemore |
| 1972 | Killiney | 6 | Richard Pitman | Fred Winter |
| 1973 | Cool Million | 5 | Aly Branford | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1974 | Isle of Man | 7 | Bill Smith | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1975 | Hardier | 7 | Ian Watkinson | Harry Thomson Jones |
| 1976 | Supreme Halo | 6 | Chris Read | Ron Smyth |
| 1977 | Pavement Artist | 5 | Steve Smith Eccles | Harry Thomson Jones |
| 1978 | Ramblix | 6 | John Francome | Fred Winter |
| 1979 | Kybo | 6 | Richard Rowe | Josh Gifford |
| 1980 | Little Bay | 5 | Ron Barry | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1981 | Run With Pride | 6 | Niall Madden | Mick O'Toole (Ir) |
| 1982 | Jubilee Medal | 5 | John Francome | Nicky Henderson |
| 1983 | Monza | 5 | Richard Rowe | Peter Cundell |
| 1984 | Townley Stone | 5 | Graham McCourt | John Webber |
| 1985 | Desert Orchid | 6 | Colin Brown | David Elsworth |
| 1986 | Ten of Spades | 6 | Gareth Charles Jones | Stan Mellor |
| 1987 | Barnbrook Again | 6 | Simon Sherwood | David Elsworth |
| 1988
| Fred The Tread | 6 | Terry Casey | ||||
| 1989
| Young Snugfit | 5 | ||||
| 1990
| African Safari | 6 | Robert Stronge | ||||
| 1991
| Poetic Gem | 6 | ||||
| 1992
| Sybillin | 6 | Mark Dwyer | Jimmy FitzGerald | ||||
| 1993
| Baydon Star | 6 | ||||
| 1994
| Leotard | 7 | ||||
| 1995
| Cumbrian Challenge | 6 | Lorcan Wyer | ||||
| 1996
| Oh So Risky | 9 | Paul Holley | ||||
| 1997
| Chief's Song | 7 | Simon Dow | ||||
| 1998
| Billingsgate | 6 | Paul Holley | ||||
| 1999
| Catfish Keith | 5 |
References
- Racing Post:
- {{Racing Post|26390|1988|11|18|2|ascot}}, {{Racing Post|31923|1989|11|17|2|ascot}}, {{Racing Post|37494|1990|11|16|2|ascot}}, {{Racing Post|42981|1991|11|15|2|ascot}}, {{Racing Post|48856|1992|11|20|2|ascot}}, {{Racing Post|54689|1993|11|19|2|ascot}}, {{Racing Post|60383|1994|11|18|2|ascot}}, {{Racing Post|66123|1995|11|18|2|ascot}}, {{Racing Post|231854|1996|11|23|2|ascot}}, {{Racing Post|245016|1997|11|22|2|ascot}},
- {{Racing Post|258605|1998|11|21|2|ascot}}, {{Racing Post|273992|1999|11|20|2|ascot}}
References
- {{cite book|title=Timeform Chasers & Hurdlers 1987-88|year=1988|publisher=Portway Press}}