Jim Ford Challenge Cup

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| name = Jim Ford Challenge Cup}}

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| year = 2008

| image1 = File:Owner Mr J Hales.svg

| alt1 = YELLOW, Red star, Yellow sleeves and White armlet, Yellow cap and Red star

| caption1 = Neptune Collonges

| image2 = File:Owner Mr David Langdon.svg

| alt2 = Dark Blue and Emerald Green stripes, Red cap, Dark Blue star

| caption2 = Naunton Brook

| image3 = File:Owner Mr John P McManus.svg

| alt3 = Emerald green and yellow hoops, white cap

| caption3 = Butler's Cabin

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| year = 2007

| image1 = File:Owner Mr Thomas Barr.svg

| alt1 = Light blue, royal blue hoop, armlets and cap

| caption1 = Little Brick

| image2 = File:Owner The Stewart Family.svg

| alt2 = Black and white (halved), red sleeves and cap

| caption2 = My Will

| image3 = File:Owner Hunt and Co (Bournemouth) Ltd.svg

| alt3 = Black, yellow stars, black sleeves, yellow cap

| caption3 = Preacher Boy

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| year = 2006

| image1 = File:Owner Mrs H R Cross.svg

| alt1 = Orange, grey cross belts

| caption1 = All in the Stars

| image2 = File:Owner Mr D A Johnson.svg

| alt2 = Royal blue, emerald green sleeves, white cap, emerald green spots

| caption2 = Celtic Son

| image3 = File:Owner Mr B A Kilpatrick.svg

| alt3 = Emerald green, scarlet hooped sleeves and cap

| caption3 = Horus

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| year = 2005

| image1 = File:Owner Mr J Hales.svg

| alt1 = YELLOW, Red star, Yellow sleeves and White armlet, Yellow cap and Red star

| caption1 = Heros Collonges

| image2 = File:Owner Mr W Clifford.svg

| alt2 = Red, yellow sash, striped sleeves and star on cap

| caption2 = Bathwick Annie

| image3 = File:Owner Mr Clive D Smith.svg

| alt3 = Emerald green, yellow spots, yellow and emerald green halved sleeves, purple cap

| caption3 = Royal Auclair

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| year = 2004

| image1 = File:Owner Sandicroft Stud I.svg

| alt1 = Red, Yellow diamond and sleeves, Yellow cap, Red diamond

| caption1 = Exit Swinger

| image2 = File:Owner Mr Clive D Smith.svg

| alt2 = Emerald green, yellow spots, yellow and emerald green halved sleeves, purple cap

| caption2 = Royal Auclair

| image3 = File:Owner C L Tizzard.svg

| alt3 = Yellow, emerald green spots and armlets, dark green cap

| caption3 = Mister One

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| year = 2003

| image1 = File:Owner Mr Paul K Barber.svg

| alt1 = Dark green, white chevron, light green sleeves, dark green and white check cap

| caption1 = See More Business

| image2 = File:Owner Mr D A Johnson.svg

| alt2 = Royal blue, emerald green sleeves, white cap, emerald green spots

| caption2 = Iris Bleu

| image3 = File:Owner Mr John P McManus.svg

| alt3 = Emerald green and yellow hoops, white cap

| caption3 = First Gold

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| year = 2002

| image1 = File:Owner Sir R. Ogden.svg

| alt1 = Mauve and pink check, white sleeves, pink cap

| caption1 = See More Business

| image2 = File:Owner Matt Archer and the Late Miss J Broadhurs.svg

| alt2 = Light blue, maroon chevron, halved sleeves, light blue and maroon quartered cap

| caption2 = Upgrade

| image3 = File:Owner D and G Mercer.svg

| alt3 = Black, white hoops, checked sleeves, hooped cap

| caption3 = Kadou Nonantais

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| year = 2001

| image1 = File:Owner Sir R. Ogden.svg

| alt1 = Mauve and pink check, white sleeves, pink cap

| caption1 = Marlborough

| image2 = File:Owner R C Wilkins.svg

| alt2 = Yellow, red armlets, quartered cap

| caption2 = Double Thriller

| image3 = File:Owner Mike Smallman.svg

| alt3 = Yellow, blue stripes, stars on sleeves, striped cap

| caption3 = Course Doctor

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| name = 2000-1991 }}

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| year = 2000

| image1 = File:Owner Mrs Stewart Catherwood.svg

| alt1 = Claret, grey disc and armlets, quartered cap

| caption1 = {{Proper name|Spendid}}

| image2 = File:Owner Mr Darren C Mercer.svg

| alt2 = Black, white hoops, spots on sleeves, hooped cap

| caption2 = Escartefigue

| image3 = File:Owner Lady Harris.svg

| alt3 = Mauve and yellow check, yellow sleeves

| caption3 = Mulligan

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| year = 1999

| image1 = File:Owner R C Wilkins.svg

| alt1 = Yellow, red armlets, quartered cap

| caption1 = Double Thriller

| image2 = File:Owner Fieldspring Racing.svg

| alt2 = Maroon, grey chevron

| caption2 = Wayward King

| image3 = File:Owner Miss R Dobson.svg

| alt3 = Dark green, red seams, hooped sleeves, quartered cap

| caption3 = Melling

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| year = 1998

| image1 = File:Owner Mrs B J Lockhart.svg

| alt1 = Turquoise and silver diamonds

| caption1 = Go Ballistic

| image2 = File:Owner Geoff Hubbard Racing.svg

| alt2 = Emerald green, white sleeves, emerald green and white check cap

| caption2 = Strong Promise

| image3 = File:Owner Mr D A Johnson.svg

| alt3 = Royal blue, emerald green sleeves, white cap, emerald green spots

| caption3 = Eudipe

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| year = 1997

| image1 = File:Owner Mrs Jill Dennis.svg

| alt1 = Dark blue, white cross belts, white cap, dark blue star

| caption1 = Coome Hill

| image2 = File:Owner D E Harrison.svg

| alt2 = Light blue, royal blue triple diamond, royal blue diamonds on sleeves and cap

| caption2 = Unguided Missile

| image3 = File:Owner M Brereton.svg

| alt3 = Orange, purple chevrons and armlets, white cap

| caption3 = Hanakham

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| year = 1995

| image1 = File:Owner Hector H Brown.svg

| alt1 = Orange, black and white hooped cap

| caption1 = Monsieur Le Cure

| image2 = File:Owner Mrs Carole Solman.svg

| alt2 = Yellow, green cross-belts and sleeves, quartered cap

| caption2 = Sunley Bay

| image3 = File:Owner Autofour Engineering.svg

| alt3 = Orange, black star, striped sleeves, star on cap

| caption3 = Garrison Savannah

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| year = 1994

| image1 = File:Owner Mr Paul K Barber.svg

| alt1 = Dark green, white chevron, light green sleeves, dark green and white check cap

| caption1 = See More Indians

| image2 = File:Owner M R Deeley.svg

| alt2 = Maroon, white sleeves, orange and white quartered cap

| caption2 = Another Coral

| image3 = File:Owner Hugh McMahon.svg

| alt3 = RUST, green sash and cuffs, quartered cap

| caption3 = Second Schedual

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| year = 1993

| image1 = File:Owner Mrs J Ollivant.svg

| alt1 = Green, pink cross-belts

| caption1 = Cavvies Clown

| image2 = File:Owner Autofour Engineering.svg

| alt2 = Orange, black star, striped sleeves, star on cap

| caption2 = Garrison Savannah

| image3 = File:Owner Whitcombe Manor Racing Stables Limited.svg

| alt3 = Dark blue, yellow star and sleeves, yellow star on cap

| caption3 = Cool Ground

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| year = 1992

| image1 = File:Owner E J Banks.svg

| alt1 = Green, pink cap

| caption1 = Kings Fountain

| image2 = File:Owner Mr B A Kilpatrick.svg

| alt2 = Emerald green, scarlet hooped sleeves and cap

| caption2 = Aquilifer

| image3 = File:Owner Duke Of Atholl.svg

| alt3 = Black and yellow stripes, hooped sleeves, quartered cap

| caption3 = Boraceva

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| year = 1991

| image1 = File:Owner Whitcombe Manor Racing Stables Limited.svg

| alt1 = Dark blue, yellow star and sleeves, yellow star on cap

| caption1 = Cool Ground

| image2 = File:Owner Mr B T Stewart-Brown.svg

| alt2 = Royal Blue, Pink epaulets, Pink cap

| caption2 = Arctic Call

| image3 = File:Owner Sir Eric Parker.svg

| alt3 = Light blue, red cross belts, red cap

| caption3 = Seagram

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| name = 1990-1988 }}

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| year = 1990

| image1 = File:Owner Mrs J Ollivant.svg

| alt1 = Green, pink cross-belts

| caption1 = Cavvies Clown

| image2 = File:Owner Whitcombe Manor Racing Stables Limited.svg

| alt2 = Dark blue, yellow star and sleeves, yellow star on cap

| caption2 = Cool Ground

| image3 = File:Owner D G Meade.svg

| alt3 = Orange, dark green stripe

| caption3 = Golden Friend

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| year = 1989

| image1 = File:Owner Mrs J Ollivant.svg

| alt1 = Green, pink cross-belts

| caption1 = Cavvies Clown

| image2 = File:Owner G R Orchard.svg

| alt2 = Black, red cross of lorraine, sleeves and cap

| caption2 = Golden Freeze

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| alt3 = Only two finished

| caption3 = Only two finished

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| year = 1988

| image1 = File:Owner Lady Harris.svg

| alt1 = Mauve and yellow check, yellow sleeves

| caption1 = Kildimo

| image2 = File:Owner R Burridge.svg

| alt2 = Dark blue, grey sleeves and cap

| caption2 = Desert Orchid

| image3 = File:Owner R Stan Riley.svg

| alt3 = Kingfisher blue, orange and black hooped sleeves, orange cap

| caption3 = Burrough Hill Lad

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The Jim Ford Challenge Cup was a National Hunt Listed chase in England.

It was run at Wincanton over a distance of 3 miles and 1½ furlongs (5,130 metres), and it was scheduled to take place each year in February, on the same card as the Kingwell Hurdle.

The race was last run in 2008 having been turned into a handicap in 2006.

During the eighties and early nineties the race regularly featured contests between David Elsworth's locally trained horses (Combs Ditch, Desert Orchid, Cavvies Clown, Lesley Ann) attempting to preserve local honour in the face of invasion by the big battalions from Lambourn (Burrough Hill Lad, Brown Chamberlin, Diamond Edge) and Yorkshire (Bregawn, Silver Buck).

The race was named in honour of Jim Ford, a local trainer who won the 1955 Cheltenham Gold Cup with Gay Donald.