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 1913 Handicap 2 miles
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 BEN A BEG Mr J Manley Latham Sir P Walker 4/6 fav
2 PALTA Ivan Straker Straker Mr Ivan Straker 20/1
3 QUAKER GIRL II Mr R Hall Williams Mr R Williams 20/1
4 GLEN HESTON Mr Misa Misa Mr Misa 5/2
5 PREFECT Mr Whitaker Whitaker Major Kincaid-Smith 5/1
        Over round 114%
This race was run on Wednesday 12th March 1913 and saw Ben A Beg beat Palta and Quaker Girl II by 1 1/2 lengths and 1 1/2 lengths