Coral Cup

The Coral Cup is a Grade 3 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 5 furlongs (4,225 metres), and during its running there are ten hurdles to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Cheltenham Festival in March.

For the snooker series, see Coral Cup (snooker).

Coral Cup
Grade 3 race
LocationCheltenham Racecourse
Cheltenham, England
Inaugurated1993
Race typeHurdle race
SponsorCoral
WebsiteCheltenham
Race information
Distance2m 5f (4,225 metres)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationFour-years-old and up
WeightHandicap
Purse£100,000 (2019)[1]
1st: £56,270
Coral Cup
2020
Dame De Compagnie Black Tears Thosedaysaregone

The event was established in 1993, and it has been sponsored by Coral throughout its history. The inaugural winner, Olympian, was given a bonus prize of £50,000 for having won the Imperial Cup the previous weekend. The race was promoted to Grade 3 status in 1999.

There were high winds on the day of the planned running in 2008, so the Coral Cup was rescheduled and run on Cheltenham's New Course. The distance of the rearranged event was 2 miles and 4½ furlongs.

Records

Most successful horse:

  • no horse has won this race more than once

Leading jockey (3 wins):

  • Davy Russell – Naiad de Misselot (2008), Carlito Brigante (2011), Diamond King (2016)
  • Barry Geraghty - Sky's The Limit (2006), Spirit River (2010), Dame De Compagnie (2020)

Leading trainer (4 wins):

  • Nicky Henderson - Spirit River (2010), Whisper (2014), William Henry (2019), Dame De Compagnie (2020)

Winners
Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer
1993 Olympian 6 10-00 Peter Scudamore Martin Pipe
1994 Time for a Run 7 11-08 Charlie Swan Edward O'Grady
1995 Chance Coffey 10 10-00 Gerry O'Neill Pat O'Donnell
1996 Trainglot 9 10-03 Mark Dwyer Jimmy FitzGerald
1997 Big Strand 8 10-00 Jamie Evans Martin Pipe
1998 Top Cees 8 10-00 Barry Fenton Lynda Ramsden
1999 Khayrawani 7 11-03 Fran Berry Christy Roche
2000 What's Up Boys 6 10-03 Paul Flynn[lower-alpha 1] Philip Hobbs
2001 no race 2001 [lower-alpha 2]
2002 Ilnamar 6 10-05 Rodi Greene Martin Pipe
2003 Xenophon 7 11-00 Mick Fitzgerald Tony Martin
2004 Monkerhostin 7 10-08 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs
2005 Idole First 6 10–10 Alan O'Keeffe Venetia Williams
2006 Sky's the Limit 5 11–12 Barry Geraghty Edward O'Grady
2007 Burntoakboy 9 09-12 Sam Jones Richard Newland
2008 Naiad du Misselot 7 10–13 Davy Russell Ferdy Murphy
2009 Ninetieth Minute 6 10-03 Paddy Flood Tom Taaffe
2010 Spirit River 5 11-02 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson
2011 Carlito Brigante 5 10–12 Davy Russell Gordon Elliott
2012 Son of Flicka 8 10-06 Jason Maguire Donald McCain
2013 Medinas 6 11–10 Wayne Hutchinson Alan King
2014 Whisper 6 11-06 Nico de Boinville Nicky Henderson
2015 Aux Ptits Soins 5 10-07 Sam Twiston-Davies Paul Nicholls
2016 Diamond King 8 11-03 Davy Russell Gordon Elliott
2017 Supasundae 7 11-04 Robbie Power Jessica Harrington
2018 Bleu Berry 7 11-02 Mark Walsh Willie Mullins
2019 William Henry 9 11-10 Nico de Boinville Nicky Henderson
2020 Dame De Compagnie 7 10-12 Barry Geraghty Nicky Henderson
  1. amateur jockey
  2. The 2001 running was cancelled because of a foot-and-mouth crisis

See also

References
  1. "Cheltenham prize-money boosted to over £4m". Racing Post. 7 January 2016.
  • Race Recordings
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