Ascot Silver Cup

The Ascot Silver Cup, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the Dave Dawes Silver Cup, is a Listed National Hunt race in Great Britain. It is a handicap steeplechase. It is run at Ascot Racecourse, over a distance of about 3 miles (2 miles 7 furlongs and 180 yards, or 4,791 metres) and during its running there 20 fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place in December.

Ascot Silver Cup
2020
Mister Malarky The Conditional Regal Encore

The race was first run in 1965 and was sponsored by Scaffolding Great Britain and known as the SGB Chase until 1992. It was then known as the Betterware Cup between 1993 and 1998 inclusive.

The race has been known as the Silver Cup Handicap Chase with various sponsors since 1999, but now lacks the prestige of its earlier days.

Winners

Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer
1965Vultrix712-01Stan MellorFrank Cundell
1966Arkle912-07Pat TaaffeTom Dreaper
1967Abandoned because of foot and mouth epidemic
1968Abandoned because of waterlogged state of course
1969Straight Fort612-00Pat TaaffeTom Dreaper
1970Glencaraig Lady611–13Bobby CoonanFrancis Flood
1971Spanish Steps812-01Bill SmithEdward Courage
1972Soloning710–12Richard PitmanFred Winter
1973Mocharabuice1010-06Graham ThornerTim Forster
1974Rough House810-07John BurkeFred Rimell
1975What A Buck810-04Jeff KingDavid Nicholson
1976Abandoned because of frost
1977Midnight Court612-00John FrancomeFred Winter
1978Grand Canyon811-01Ron BarryDerek Kent
1979Raffi Nelson610-01Steve Smith EcclesNicky Henderson
1980Henry Bishop711-00Bob ChampionJosh Gifford
1981Abandoned because of snow
1982Captain John811–13Robert EarnshawMichael Dickinson
1983The Mighty Mac811-10Dermot Browne[lower-alpha 1]Michael Dickinson
1984Canny Danny811-08Mark DwyerJimmy FitzGerald
1985Door Latch710-02Richard RoweJosh Gifford
1986Door Latch811-01Richard RoweJosh Gifford
1987 Cavvies Clown 7 10–11 Ross Arnott David Elsworth
1988 Ballyhane 7 10-04 Peter Hobbs Josh Gifford
1989 Solidasarock 7 10-00 Luke Harvey Reg Akehurst
1990 Man O'Magic 9 11-10 Mark Perrett Kim Bailey
1991 no race 1991 [lower-alpha 2]
1992 Captain Dibble 7 10-01 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies
1993 Young Hustler 6 11-10 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies
1994 Raymylette 7 09-13 Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson
1995 Unguided Missile 7 10-08 Richard Dunwoody Gordon W. Richards
1996 Go Ballistic 7 10-00 Tony McCoy John O'Shea
1997 Cool Dawn 9 10-05 Andrew Thornton Robert Alner
1998 Torduff Express 7 10-00 Norman Williamson Paul Nicholls
1999 Tresor De Mai 5 11-01 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
2000 Legal Right 7 12-00 Norman Williamson Jonjo O'Neill
2001 Shooting Light 8 11-06 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
2002 Behrajan 7 11–12 Richard Johnson Henry Daly
2003 Horus 8 10-04 Jamie Moore Martin Pipe
2004 Spring Grove [lower-alpha 3] 9 10–11 Andrew Thornton Robert Alner
2005 no race 2005 [lower-alpha 4]
2006 Billyvoddan 7 10–12 Leighton Aspell Henry Daly
2007 Vodka Bleu 8 10-03 Timmy Murphy David Pipe
2008 Niche Market 7 10-00 Harry Skelton Bob Buckler
2009 no race 2009 [lower-alpha 5]
2010 no race 2010 [lower-alpha 5]
2011 The Minack 7 11-01 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2012 Wyck Hill 8 10-00 Tom Scudamore David Bridgwater
2013 Houblon Des Obeaux 6 11-06 Aidan Coleman Venetia Williams
2014 The Young Master 5 10-09 Barry Geraghty Neil Mulholland
2015 Wakanda 6 11-05 Danny Cook Sue Smith
2016 Regal Encore 8 11-11 Barry Geraghty Anthony Honeyball
2017 Gold Present 7 11-03 Nico de Boinville Nicky Henderson
2018 Valtor 9 11-03 James Bowen Nicky Henderson
2019 Regal Encore 11 10-07 Richie McLernon Anthony Honeyball
2020 Mister Malarky 7 11-05 Harry Cobden Colin Tizzard
  1. amateur jockey
  2. The race was abandoned in 1991 due to frost
  3. Due to the closure of Ascot Racecourse for redevelopment, the race was switched to Windsor in 2004
  4. The race (to be held at Windsor) was abandoned in 2005 due to frost
  5. The race was abandoned in 2009 and 2010 due to snow

See also


References

  • Race Recordings
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