Jim Ford Challenge Cup

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.

Jim Ford Challenge Cup
2008
Neptune Collonges Naunton Brook Butler's Cabin

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.

Winners since 1980

Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer
1980Diamond Edge911-11Bill SmithFulke Walwyn
1981Silver Buck911-11Tommy CarmodyMichael Dickinson
1982Henry Bishop911-11Hywel DaviesJosh Gifford
1983Combs Ditch711-11Colin BrownDavid Elsworth
1984Burrough Hill Lad811-11John FrancomeJenny Pitman
1985Abandoned due to snow and frost
1986Abandoned due to frost
1987Desert Orchid811-11Colin BrownDavid Elsworth
1988 Kildimo 8 11-11 Graham Bradley Toby Balding
1989 Cavvies Clown 9 11-10 Russ Arnott David Elsworth
1990 Cavvies Clown 10 11-06 Graham Bradley David Elsworth
1991 Cool Ground 9 11-00 Jimmy Frost Reg Akehurst
1992 Kings Fountain 9 11-02 Anthony Tory Kim Bailey
1993 Cavvies Clown 13 11-02 Graham Bradley Jenny Pitman
1994 See More Indians 7 10-10 Graham Bradley Paul Nicholls
1995 Monsieur Le Cure 9 10-10 Peter Niven John Edwards
1996 Abandoned due to frost
1997 Coome Hill 8 11-02 Jamie Osborne Walter Dennis
1998 Go Ballistic 9 11-08 Tony Dobbin John O'Shea
1999 Double Thriller 9 11-05 Joe Tizzard Paul Nicholls
2000 Spendid 8 11-07 Richard Johnson Alan King
2001 Marlborough 9 11–12 Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson
2002 See More Business 12 11–12 Joe Tizzard Paul Nicholls
2003 See More Business 13 11–12 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2004 Exit Swinger 9 11-02 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2005 Heros Collonges 10 11-02 Christian Williams Paul Nicholls
2006 All in the Stars 8 10–12 Daryl Jacob D P Keane
2007 Little Brick 8 10-07 Tony McCoy David Pipe
2008 Neptune Collonges 7 11-07 Liam Heard Paul Nicholls

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