Royal_Artillery_Gold_Cup

Royal Artillery Gold Cup

Royal Artillery Gold Cup

Steeplechase horse race in Britain

The Royal Artillery Gold Cup is a National Hunt steeplechase in Britain which is open to horses aged six years or older. It is run at Sandown Park over a distance of about 3 miles (3 miles and 37 yards, or 4,862 metres) and during the race there are 22 fences to be jumped. It is scheduled to take place each year in February.

The race was first run in 1863, took place at Sandown Park for the first time in 1878 and has been run there continuously since 1921. Runners in the race have to be owned or leased by serving or past members of the Royal Artillery and must be ridden by serving or past members of the British Armed Forces.[1] A similar race, the Grand Military Gold Cup, takes place at Sandown Park in January. Captain Guy Disney's victory on Rathlin Rose in 2017 was the first race win by an amputee rider at a British racecourse.[2]

Winners since 1983

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  1. The 2014 race was run at Wincanton
  2. The 2020 race was abandoned due to waterlogging[4]
  3. The 2021 race was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Royal Artillery Gold Cup". RA Association. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Sandown: Amputee jockey Guy Disney takes historic victory in Royal Artillery Gold Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Past Winners - Royal Artillery Gold Cup". Royal Artillery Gold Cup. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. [4]
    Butler, Matt (14 February 2020). "Storm Dennis a threat to Saturday ITV action with Ascot and Haydock to inspect". Racing Post.
  5. [5]
    Brazier, Cath (26 January 2021). "Forces Horse Racing Season Hit By Cancellations". Forces Net. Retrieved 21 February 2021.


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