Cotswold National Hunt Flat Race

The Cotswold National Hunt Flat Race over 2 miles was part of the first Festival meeting in 1911 when won by Early Closing owned by Mr W T Drake. The race formed part of the card on 5 further occasions, but was staged for the final time at the 1921 Festival.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the Cotswold National Hunt Flat Race over 2 miles was worth 200 sovereigns and took place on Tuesday 8th March 1911 as the second race on the opening day of the very first Festival. It was won by Mr W T Drake's Early Closing (11/8 fav) trained by Emerson and ridden by Mr Drake, beating Wingfield (10/1) and Rex (7/2) by 3 lengths and the same.
Cotswold National Hunt Flat Race 1911 Handicap 2 miles
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 EARLY CLOSING Mr Drake Emerson Mr Drake 11/8 fav
2 WINGFIELD Captain Collis Hartley Captain Foster 10/1
3 REX Mr Stokes R Smith Captain Hughes-Morgan 7/2
4 MISRULE Mr H Hartigan F Hartigan Mr H Hartigan 11/4
5 FRICTION Mr Hyde T Young Mr Hyde 10/1
6 PERIWINKLE II Mr J H Nelson Ted Gwilt Mr Charters 10/1
        Over round 117%
This race was run on Wednesday 8th March 1911 and saw Early Closing beat Wingfield by 3 lengths, with 3 lengths back to Rex in third.