Hilary Needler Trophy
Appearance
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Argentine Tango | Meelaf | Artista |
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Perfect Part | Maw Lam | Aviation Time |
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Midnight Affair | Flora Of Bermuda | Tallulabelle |
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Star Of Lady M | Primrose Ridge | Your Spirit |
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Lady Ayresome | Guilded | Jilly Cooper |
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Freefourracing | Red Millennium | Hejaziah |
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Tara's Girl | Vita Spericolata | Pipadash |
The Hilary Needler Trophy is a conditions flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies aged two years only. It is run at Beverley over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May or early June.
The race was awarded Listed status in 2001 but was downgraded in 2011.[1]
The race was first run in 1965. The sponsor, Mrs Hilary Needler, died in 2012.[2]
Winners since 1968
[edit]Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Time | |
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1968 | London Star | Joe Sime | Doug Smith | 1:04.00 | |
1969 | September Mist | Frankie Durr | Michael Jarvis | 1:02.20 | |
1970 | Condonna | Ernie Johnson | Miss S Hall | 1:04.20 | |
1971 | Statira | Eddie Hide | Bill Elsey | 1:02.70 | |
1972 | Masandra | Paul Tulk | Nigel Angus | 1:04.75 | |
1973 | Caught In The Rye | Willie Carson | Barry Hills | 1:05.00 | |
1974 | Fretta | Eddie Hide | Mick Easterby | 1:02.70 | |
1975 | Enchanted | Brian Taylor | Harry Thomson Jones | 1:02.50 | |
1976 | Feudal Wytch | Bruce Raymond | Ernest Carr | 1:04.20 | |
1977 | Trackalady | Chris Dwyer | Bill Haigh | 1:05.40 | |
1978 | Devon Ditty | Jimmy Bleasdale | Harry Thomson Jones | 1:04.90 | |
1979 | Artipiar | Tony Ives | Bill O'Gorman | 1:03.60 | |
1980 | Gandoorah | Tony Ives | Bill O'Gorman | 1:04.30 | |
1981 | Vaigly Star | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | 1:04.20 | |
1982 | Henrys Secret | Walter Swinburn | Michael Stoute | 1:03.40 | |
1983 | Alghuzaylah | Paul Cook | Harry Thomson Jones | 1:05.00 | |
1984 | Glory Of Hera | Philip Robinson | Clive Brittain | 1:04.80 | |
1985 | Haraabah | Tony Murray | Harry Thomson Jones | 1:06.60 | |
1986 | Glow Again | M Wood | Jimmy Etherington | 1:03.60 | |
1987 | Only For Eve | John Lowe | Steve Norton | 1:05.00 | |
1988 | Northern Line | David Nicholls | Mick Easterby | 1:04.60 | |
1989 | Please Believe Me | Mark Birch | Peter Easterby | 1:03.30 | |
1990 | Furajet | Mark Birch | Alex Scott | 1:07.60 | |
1991 | Herora | Tony McGlone | Neil Graham | 1:04.00 | |
1992 | Jervia | Bruce Raymond | Bill Watts | 1:03.20 | |
1993 | Snipe Hall | Philip Robinson | John Wharton | 1:04.00 | |
1994 | Fajjoura | Ray Cochrane | Miss Gay Kelleway | 1:04.20 | |
1995 | Top Cat | Dean McKeown | Ernie Weymes | 1:06.80 | |
1996 | Dance Parade | Richard Quinn | Paul Cole | 1:03.20 | |
1997 | Filey Brigg | Jimmy Quinn | W Kemp | 1:04.20 | |
1998 | Flanders | Lindsay Charnock | Tim Easterby | 1:04.90 | |
1999 | Tara's Girl | Tony Culhane | John Quinn | 1:05.10 | |
2000 | Freefourracing | Pat Eddery | Brian Meehan | 1:05.30 | |
2001 | Good Girl | Jamie Spencer | Tim Easterby | 1:03.10 | |
2002 | On The Brink | Robert Winston | Tim Easterby | 1:04.30 | |
2003 | Attraction | Keith Dalgleish | Mark Johnston | 1:02.58 | |
2004 | Miss Meggy | David Allan | Tim Easterby | 1:03.66 | |
2005 | Clare Hills | Darren Williams | Karl Burke | 1:05.25 | |
2006 | Roxan | Neil Callan | Kevin Ryan | 1:02.57 | |
2007 | Loch Jipp | Kevin Darley | J S Wainwright | 1:04.75 | |
2008 | Knavesmire | Joe Fanning | Mel Brittain | 1:03.58 | |
2009 | Don't Tell Mary | Richard Kingscote | Tom Dascombe | 1:04.07 | |
2010 | Geesala | Jamie Spencer | Kevin Ryan | 1:02.82 | |
2011 | Dozy | Jamie Spencer | Kevin Ryan | 1:01.99 | |
2012 | Jadanna | Paul Mulrennan | James Given | 1:02.69 | |
2013 | Ventura Mist | Duran Fentiman | Tim Easterby | 1:03.05 | |
2014 | Abandoned due to waterlogging | ||||
2015 | Easton Angel | Paul Mulrennan | Michael Dods | 1:01.52 | |
2016 | Grizzel | Pat Dobbs | Richard Hannon Jr. | 1:01.75 | |
2017 | Chica La Habana | Adam Beschizza | Robert Cowell | 1:05.02 | |
2018 | Kodyanna | Paul Hanagan | Richard Fahey | 1:02.76 | |
2019 | Liberty Beach | David Allan | John Quinn | 1:03.08 | |
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2021 | Lady Ayresome | Kevin Stott | Kevin Ryan | 1:05.16 | |
2022 | Star Of Lady M | Daniel Tudhope | David O'Meara | 1:02.06 | |
2023 | Midnight Affair | Daniel Tudhope | Richard Fahey | 1:01.88 | |
2024 | Perfect Part | Cam Hardie | Brian Ellison | 1:04.32 | |
2025 | Argentine Tango | David Allan | Tim Easterby | 1:04.21 |
- ^ The 2020 running was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Beverley's Hilary Needler Trophy showpiece loses Listed status". Hull Daily Mail. 19 January 2001. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ "Beverley mourns death of Hilary Needler". Hull Daily Mail. 22 April 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ "Coronavirus: Horse racing in Great Britain suspended until end of April". BBC Sport. 17 March 2020.