WELSH NATIONAL

The 'Welsh National' is a Grade 3 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses. It is run over a distance of 3 miles 5½ furlongs (5,934 metres) at Chepstow Racecourse, Wales in late December.
It is a handicap chase and is often contested by horses which also run in the Grand National at Aintree. There are twenty-two fences to be jumped in the race. The ground conditions are often testing with stamina at a premium.
The race was first run in 1895 at Ely Racecourse in Cardiff, where it remained until the closure of the course in 1939. The race moved to its present venue in 1949.

Contents

Winners since 1976

See also

Winners since 1976

★ ''Weights given in stones - pounds; Amateur jockeys identified by "Mr".''

'Year'	'Winner'	'Age'	'Weight'	'Jockey'	'Trainer'
1976	Rag Trade	10	11-02	John Burke	Fred Rimell
1977	''no race 1977-78''
1979	Peter Scot	8	10-02	Paul Barton	David Gandolfo
1980	Narvik	7	10-11	John Francome	Neville Crump
1981	Peaty Sandy	7	10-03	Mr Geordie Dun	Helen Hamilton
1982	Corbiere	7	10-10	Ben de Haan	Jenny Pitman
1983	Burrough Hill Lad	7	10-09	John Francome	Jenny Pitman
1984	Righthand Man	7	11-05	Graham Bradley	Monica Dickinson
1985	Run and Skip	7	10-08	Peter Scudamore	John Spearing
1986	Stearsby	7	11-05	Graham Bradley	Jenny Pitman
1987	Playschool	10	10-11	Paul Nicholls	David Barons
1988	Bonanza Boy	7	10-01	Peter Scudamore	Martin Pipe
1989	Bonanza Boy	8	11-11	Peter Scudamore	Martin Pipe
1990	Cool Ground	8	10-00	Luke Harvey	Reg Akehurst
1991	Carvill's Hill	9	11-12	Peter Scudamore	Martin Pipe
1992	Run for Free	8	10-09	Mark Perrett	Martin Pipe
1993	Riverside Boy	10	10-00	Richard Dunwoody	Martin Pipe
1994	Master Oats ★	8	11-06	Norman Williamson	Kim Bailey
1995	''no race 1995-96''
1997	Earth Summit	9	10-13	Tom Jenks	Nigel Twiston-Davies
1998	Kendal Cavalier	8	10-00	Barry Fenton	Nigel Hawke
1999	Edmond	7	10-00	Richard Johnson	Henry Daly
2000	Jocks Cross	9	10-04	Brian Crowley	Venetia Williams
2001	Supreme Glory	8	10-00	Leighton Aspell	Pat Murphy
2002	Mini Sensation	9	10-04	Tony Dobbin	Jonjo O'Neill
2003	Bindaree	9	10-09	Carl Llewellyn	Nigel Twiston-Davies
2004	Silver Birch	7	10-05	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls
2005	L'Aventure	6	10-04	Leighton Aspell	Paul Nicholls
2006	Halcon Genelardais	6	11-03	Wayne Hutchinson	Alan King

★ The 1994 race took place at Newbury Racecourse.

See also

★ Horseracing in Great Britain

★ List of British National Hunt races