Haldon Gold Cup

The Haldon Gold Cup, a limited handicap, is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Exeter over a distance of about 2 miles and 1½ furlongs (2 miles, 1 furlong and 109 yards, or 3,520 metres), with twelve fences. The race is scheduled to take place each year in late October or early November. The 2024 race, on 8 November, was worth £59,440 to the winner.

The event is named after Haldon, a ridge of high ground in Devon on which Exeter Racecourse is located. The race became a limited handicap in 1996.

The 2005 edition was marred by the death of Best Mate, a three-time winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Records

<div style="font-size:90%"> Most successful horse (3 wins):

• Travado – 1993,1994,1995

Leading jockey (4 wins):

• Peter Scudamore – Artifice (1983), Admiral's Cup (1986), Sabin du Loir (1990,1991)
• Richard Johnson - Viking Flagship (1997), Monkerhostin (2005), Ashley Brook (2008), Planet of Sound (2009)

Leading trainer (8 wins):

• Paul Nicholls – Lake Kariba (1998), Flagship Uberalles (1999), Azertyuiop (2004), Tchico Polos (2010), Vibrato Valtat (2015), Politologue (2017), Greaneteen (2020,2022)

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Winners since 1969

• Weights given in stones and pounds.

See also

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

References

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External links

• Race Recordings (1987-2011) youtube.com