The Summer Cup is a National Hunt handicap steeplechase in England which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Uttoxeter over a distance of 3 miles, 2 furlongs and 13 yards (3319 metres) and is scheduled to take place each year in late June or early July.
The race was first run in 2000 as the Summer National over a distance of about 4 miles. The distance was reduced to three and a half miles in 2009. The race was rebranded as the Summer Cup and reduced further to its current distance in 2012. Prior to 2023 it carried Listed status.
Records Leading jockey (4 wins): Noel Fehily – Rheindross (2005), Surface To Air (2008), Fire And Rain (2009), Shuil Royale (2015)
Leading trainer (2 wins): Martin Pipe– Stormez (2002), Jurancon II (2003) Peter Bowen - Take The Stand (2004), McKelvey (2006) Emma Lavelle - Fire And Rain (2009), Ouzbeck (2010) Colin Tizzard - Tempestatefloresco (2017), Storm Home (2021)
Winners Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer 2000 Berlin Blue 7 10-05 Sam Stronge Robert Stronge 2001 Stewarts Pride 8 10-00 Billy Worthington Barry Leavy 2002 Stormez 5 11-08 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe 2003 Jurancon II 6 10-10 Rodi Greene Martin Pipe 2004 Take The Stand 8 11-12 Seamus Durack Peter Bowen 2005 Rheindross 10 10-03 Noel Fehily Charlie Mann 2006 McKelvey 7 10-10 Tony McCoy Peter Bowen 2007 Kock De La Vesvre 9 10-09 Sam Thomas Venetia Williams 2008 Surface To Air 7 11-05 Noel Fehily Chris Bealby 2009 Fire And Rain 6 11-03 Noel Fehily Emma Lavelle 2010 Ouzbeck 8 11-06 Jack Doyle Emma Lavelle 2011 Knighton Combe 11 10-06 Daryl Jacob Jamie Snowden 2012 Emmaslegend 7 11-02 Gavin Sheehan Suzy Smith 2013 Storm Survivor 7 10-01 Richie McLernon Jonjo O'Neill 2014 The Romford Pele 7 11-05 Paul Carberry Rebecca Curtis 2015 Shuil Royale 10 10-05 Noel Fehily Harry Fry 2016 Drop Out Joe 8 10-06 Graham Watters Charlie Longsdon 2017 Tempestatefloresco 9 11-02 Harry Cobden Colin Tizzard 2018 Virgilio 9 11-12 Harry Skelton Dan Skelton 2019 Brave Eagle 7 11-12 Nico de Boinville Nicky Henderson 2020 Minellacelebration 10 11-07 Ben Poste Katy Price 2021 Storm Home 9 10-00 Brendan Powell Colin Tizzard 2022 Jerrysback 10 10-12 Richie McLernon Ben Haslam 2023 Twig 8 10-11 Beau Morgan Ben Pauling 2024 Hang In There 10 11-11 Joe Anderson Emma Lavelle 2025 Only The Bold 10 10-02 Gavin Sheehan Jamie Snowden 2026 Imperial Alex 9 10-04 Stan Sheppard Tom Lacey
See also Horse racing in Great Britain List of British National Hunt races
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