Ascot Silver Cup

Sodexo Silver Cup Handicap Chase
2015
Wakanda Virak Fingal Bay

The Ascot Silver Cup is a Listed National Hunt race in Great Britain. It is a handicap steeplechase and is run at Ascot Racecourse in December, over a distance of 3 miles.

The race was first run in 1965 and was known as the SGB (sponsored by Scaffolding Great Britain) 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 (various sponsors) since 1999, but now lacks the prestige of its earlier days.

Winners

Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer
1965 Vultrix 7 12-01 Stan Mellor Frank Cundell
1966 Arkle 9 12-07 Pat Taaffe Tom Dreaper
1967 Abandoned because of foot and mouth epidemic
1968 Abandoned because of waterlogged state of course
1969 Straight Fort 6 12-00 Pat Taaffe Tom Dreaper
1970 Glencaraig Lady 6 11-13 Bobby Coonan Francis Flood
1971 Spanish Steps 8 12-01 Bill Smith Edward Courage
1972 Soloning 7 10-12 Richard Pitman Fred Winter
1973 Mocharabuice 10 10-06 Graham Thorner Tim Forster
1974 Rough House 8 10-07 John Burke Fred Rimell
1975 What A Buck 8 10-04 Jeff King David Nicholson
1976 Abandoned because of frost
1977 Midnight Court 6 12-00 John Francome Fred Winter
1978 Grand Canyon 8 11-01 Ron Barry Derek Kent
1979 Raffi Nelson 6 10-01 Steve Smith Eccles Nicky Henderson
1980 Henry Bishop 7 11-00 Bob Champion Josh Gifford
1981 Abandoned because of snow
1982 Captain John 8 11-13 Robert Earnshaw Michael Dickinson
1983 The Mighty Mac 8 11-10 Mr Dermot Browne Michael Dickinson
1984 Canny Danny 8 11-08 Mark Dwyer Jimmy FitzGerald
1985 Door Latch 7 10-02 Richard Rowe Josh Gifford
1986 Door Latch 8 11-01 Richard Rowe Josh 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
no race 1991 [1]
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 [2] 9 10-11 Andrew Thornton Robert Alner
no race 2005 [3]
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
no race 2009 [4]
no race 2010 [4]
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

1 The race was abandoned in 1991 due to frost.
2 Due to the closure of Ascot Racecourse for redevelopment, the race was switched to Windsor in 2004.
3 The race (to be held at Windsor) was abandoned in 2005 due to frost.
4 The race was abandoned in 2009 and 2010 due to snow.

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