Greatwood Gold Cup

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The event was introduced in 2004, and for its first three runnings it was sponsored by Vodafone. Since then it has had several different sponsors, and for each of these its title changed accordingly. The race was promoted to Grade 3 level in 2007, and it was given its present name in 2010. It is now sponsored by BetVictor on behalf of Greatwood, a charity for the welfare of retired racehorses. The race was reclassified as a Premier Handicap from the 2023 running when Grade 3 handicap status was renamed by the British Horseracing Authority.

Records

Leading jockey (3 wins):

• Nick Scholfield – Natal (2008), New Little Bric (2009), San Benedeto (2019)

Leading trainer (9 wins):

• Paul Nicholls – Cornish Sett (2006), Natal (2008), New Little Bric (2009), Big Fella Thanks (2010), Aerial (2012), Pacha Du Polder (2013), Sound Investment (2015), Sametegal (2016), San Benedeto (2019)

Winners

• Weights given in stones and pounds

Year	Winner	Age	Weight	Jockey	Trainer
2004	Isio	8	11-04	Barry Geraghty	Nicky Henderson
2005	Supreme Prince	8	10–12	Paul Flynn	Philip Hobbs
2006	Cornish Sett (dead heat)	7	11-04	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls
2006	Horus (dead heat)	11	10-09	Jamie Moore	Martin Pipe
2007	Madison du Berlais	6	11-05	Tom Scudamore	David Pipe
2008	Natal	7	10-01	Nick ScholfieldTemplate:Efn	Paul Nicholls
2009	New Little Bric	8	10-02	Nick Scholfield	Paul Nicholls
2010	Big Fella Thanks	8	11-01	Barry Geraghty	Paul Nicholls
2011	Fine Parchment	8	10-04	Peter Toole	Charlie Mann
2012	Aerial	6	11-03	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls
2013	Pacha Du Polder	6	11-00	Ryan Mahon	Paul Nicholls
2014	Shangani	8	10–12	Tom Scudamore	Venetia Williams
2015	Sound Investment	7	11–12	Sam Twiston-Davies	Paul Nicholls
2016	Sametegal	7	11-03	Sam Twiston-Davies	Paul Nicholls
2017	Thomas Crapper	10	10-02	Charlie Poste	Robin Dickin
2018	Abandoned due to snow
2019	San Benedeto	8	11-05	Nick Scholfield	Paul Nicholls
2020	No raceTemplate:Efn
2021	Umbrigado	7	11-03	David Noonan	David Pipe
2022	Paint The Dream	8	11-11	Conor Brace	Fergal O'Brien
2023	The Big Bite	10	10-05	Jonathan Burke	Henry Oliver
2024	Heltenham	7	10-09	Ciaran Gethings	Dan Skelton
2025	Booster Bob	7	10-02	Sean Bowen	Olly Murphy

See also

• Horse racing in Great Britain
• List of British National Hunt races

References

• Racing Post:
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