Silver Trophy Chase

The Silver Trophy Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 4½ furlongs (2 miles 4 furlongs and 127 yards, or 4,139 metres), and during its running there are seventeen fences to be jumped. It is a limited handicap race. It is scheduled to take place each year in mid April.

Silver Trophy Chase
2019
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The event was established in 1986, and its original distance was 2 miles and 4 furlongs. It was given Grade 2 status in 1991, and it was extended to its present length in 1993. For a period it was a conditions race, but it became a limited handicap in 2003.

Records

Most successful horse (2 wins):

Leading jockey (3 wins):

  • Tony McCoy – Upgrade (2000), Seebald (2004), Quazar (2005)
  • Ruby Walsh – Poliantas (2003), Nycteos (2007), Poquelin (2011)

Leading trainer (4 wins):

  • Martin Pipe – Beau Ranger (1988), Upgrade (2000), Seebald (2004), Our Vic (2006)
  • Paul Nicholls – Fadalko (2002), Poliantas (2003), Nycteos (2007), Poquelin (2011)

Winners
Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer
1986 Mr Moonraker 9 11-02 Brendan Powell Les Kennard
1987 Duke of Milan 10 10-02 Simon Sherwood Nick Gaselee
1988 Beau Ranger 10 11-00 Peter Scudamore Martin Pipe
1989 Norton's Coin 8 11-00 Richard Dunwoody Sirrel Griffiths
1990 Barnbrook Again 9 11–10 Hywel Davies David Elsworth
1991 Norton's Coin 10 11-04 Graham McCourt Sirrel Griffiths
1992 Katabatic 9 11-04 Luke Harvey Andrew Turnell
1993 Beech Road 11 11-00 Richard Dunwoody Toby Balding
1994 Gale Again 7 11-04 Declan Murphy Tommy Stack
1995 Coulton [lower-alpha 1] 8 11-07 Jamie Osborne Oliver Sherwood
1996 Gales Cavalier 8 11-04 Mark Dwyer David Gandolfo
1997 Strong Promise 6 11-07 Norman Williamson Geoff Hubbard
1998 The Grey Monk 10 11-07 Tony Dobbin Gordon W. Richards
1999 Super Tactics [lower-alpha 1] 11 11-04 Andrew Thornton Robert Alner
2000 Upgrade 6 11-05 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
no race 2001 [lower-alpha 2]
2002 Fadalko 9 11–10 Mick Fitzgerald Paul Nicholls
2003 Poliantas 6 11-01 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2004 Seebald 9 10–13 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
2005 Quazar 7 10-04 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill
2006 Our Vic 8 11-01 Timmy Murphy Martin Pipe
2007 Nycteos 6 10-04 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2008 Stan 9 10-07 Aidan Coleman Venetia Williams
2009 Atouchbetweenacara 8 10-04 Aidan Coleman Venetia Williams
2010 Duc de Regniere 8 10-09 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson
2011 Poquelin 8 11–10 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2012 Hector's Choice 8 11-01 Jamie Moore Richard Lee
2013 Champion Court 8 10-07 Ian Popham Martin Keighley
2014 Buywise 7 10–12 Paul Moloney Evan Williams
2015 Anay Turge 10 10-04 Tom Scudamore Nigel Hawke
2016 Voix D'Eau 6 09-13 Michael Legg[lower-alpha 3] Harry Fry
2017 Henryville 9 10-06 Niall Madden Harry Fry
2018 Traffic Fluide 8 10-04 Joshua Moore Gary Moore
2019 Mister Whitaker 7 11-09 Jonathan Burke Mick Channon
no race 2020 [lower-alpha 4]
  1. The 1995 and 1999 runnings took place at Sandown Park
  2. The 2001 running was cancelled because of the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak[1]
  3. amateur rider
  4. The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom[2]

See also

References
  1. "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April". BBC Sport. 17 March 2020.
  2. "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April". BBC Sport. 17 March 2020.
  • pedigreequery.com – Silver Trophy Chase – Cheltenham.
  • Ladbrokes Pocket Companion 1990/91. Aesculus Press. 1990. p. 70. ISBN 1-871093-21-X.
  • Race Recordings
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