Sidney Banks Memorial Novices' Hurdle
The Sidney Banks Memorial Novices' Hurdle is a National Hunt Listed novice hurdle race in England which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Huntingdon over a distance of about 2 miles and 3½ furlongs (2 miles 3 furlongs and 137 yards or 3,947 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in February.
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| Marble Sands | Rare Edition | Ginny's Destiny |
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| Elle Est Belle | Gentleman At Arms | Jerrash |
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| Minella Drama | Stoner's Choice | Optimise Prime |
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| 2020 | ||
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| Shishkin | Shan Blue | Up The Straight |
| 2018 | ||
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| Vinndication | Western Ryder | Theclockisticking |
| 2017 | ||
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| Keeper Hill | Messire Des Obeaux | Tommy Rapper |
| 2016 | ||
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| Ma du Fou | North Hill Harvey | Final Nudge |
| 2015 | ||
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| Different Gravey | A Vos Gardes | Kylemore Lough |
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| Mosspark | Spirit of Shankly | Carraig Mor |
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| Easter Day | Nataani | Kilmurvy |
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| Golden Gael | Nagpur | All The Aces |
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| Aikman | Minella Class | Pride in Battle |
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| The Minack | Sarando | Master of the Hall |
| 2009 | ||
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| Time For Rupert | Cracboumwiz | Helpston |
| 2008 | ||
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| Hold Em | Junior | Lightning Strike |
| 2007 | ||
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| My Turn Now | Lightning Strike | Shardakhan |
| 2006 | ||
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| Refinement | Raffaello | Mith Hill |
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| Gold Medallist | Pole Star | Waltzing Beau |
| 2002 | ||
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| Another Chance | First Love | Junkanoo |
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| Southern Star | Rouble | Cruise The Fairway |
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| Crocadee | Kattegat | Hadidi |
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| French Holly | Better Offer | Mr Markham |
| 1997 | ||
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| Agistment | Forest Ivory | Emerald Statement |
| 1995 | ||
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| Nahthen Lad | Deduce | Roberty Lea |
| 1994 | ||
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| Seekin Cash | Relkeel | Czar Nicholas |
| 1993 | ||
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| Hebridean | High Alltitude | Grand Hawk |
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| Sendai | Travado | Ambrose |
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| Celtic Barle | Brabazon | Patrico |
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| Nick The Brief | Matbar | Relatively Easy |
The race was first run in 1976 and named after local racehorse trainer Sidney Banks, who died in 1973. His son, Michael Banks, was a chairman of Huntingdon Racecourse.[1]
Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
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| 1976 | Grand Canyon | 6 | Derek Kent | Peter Haynes |
| 1977 | Abandoned because of waterlogged state of course | |||
| 1978 | Abandoned because of frost | |||
| 1979 | Abandoned because of waterlogged state of course | |||
| 1980 | Abandoned because of flooding | |||
| 1981 | Glamour Show | 5 | Bob Champion | Josh Gifford |
| 1982 | Angelo Salvini | 6 | Alan Brown | Peter Easterby |
| 1983 | Abandoned because of snow | |||
| 1984 | The Pawn | 5 | Hywel Davies | Mick Ryan |
| 1985 | Sheer Gold | 5 | Brian Reilly | Toby Balding |
| 1986 | Abandoned because of snow and frost | |||
| 1987 | Robin Goodfellow | 6 | Graham Bradley | Toby Balding |
| 1988 | Nick The Brief | 6 | E Buckley | Terry Casey |
| 1989 | Celtic Barle | 5 | M M Lynch | Terry Casey |
| 1990 | Abandoned due to waterlogged state of course | |||
| 1991 | Abandoned due to frost | |||
| 1992 | Sendai | 6 | Declan Murphy | Josh Gifford |
| 1993 | Hebridean | 6 | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson |
| 1994 | Seekin Cash | 5 | Jamie Osborne | Charles Egerton |
| 1995 | Nahthen Lad | Warren Marston | Jenny Pitman | |
| 1996 | Abandoned due to frost | |||
| 1997 | Agistment | Richard Dunwoody | Jimmy FitzGerald | |
| 1998 | French Holly | Andrew Thornton | Ferdy Murphy | |
| 1999 | Abandoned due to frost | |||
| 2000 | Crocadee | Norman Williamson | Venetia Williams | |
| 2001 | Southern Star | 6 | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight |
| 2002 | Another Chance | 7 | A S Smith | Malcolm Jefferson |
| 2003 | Abandoned due to frost | |||
| 2004 | Abandoned due to frost | |||
| 2005 | Gold Medallist | 5 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
| 2006 | Refinement | 7 | Noel Fehily | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2007 | My Turn Now | 5 | Noel Fehily | Charlie Mann |
| 2008 | Hold Em | 6 | Timmy Murphy | Keith Goldsworthy |
| 2009 | Time For Rupert | 5 | Will Kennedy | Paul Webber |
| 2010 | The Minack | 6 | Nick Scholfield | Paul Nicholls |
| 2011 | Aikman | 7 | Harry Haynes | James Ewart |
| 2012 | Golden Gael | 6 | Nick Scholfield | Jeremy Scott |
| 2013 | Easter Day | 5 | Daryl Jacob | Paul Nicholls |
| 2014 | Mosspark | 6 | Aidan Coleman | Emma Lavelle |
| 2015 | Different Gravey | 5 | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
| 2016 | Ma Du Fou | 6 | Gavin Sheehan | Warren Greatrex |
| 2017 | Keeper Hill | 6 | Gavin Sheehan | Warren Greatrex |
| 2018 | Vinndication | 5 | David Bass | Kim Bailey |
| no race 2019 [lower-alpha 1] | ||||
| 2020 | Shishkin | 6 | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson |
| 2021 | Minella Drama[lower-alpha 2] | 6 | Brian Hughes | Donald McCain |
| 2022 | Elle Est Belle | 6 | Harry Skelton | Dan Skelton |
| 2023 | Marble Sands | 7 | Kielan Woods | Fergal O'Brien |
- The 2019 race was cancelled because of an equine influenza outbreak
- The 2021 running took place at Market Rasen after the original fixture was cancelled due to flooding. [2]
References
- "HISTORY OF THE SIDNEY BANKS RACE". Huntingdon Racecourse. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- "Aerial Images Capture Extent of Floods". The Hunts Post. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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