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 1921 | Handicap | 2 miles | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | IRISH LIGHT | Mr H A Brown | Gooch | Major Cayzer 1/2 fav |
| 2 | DOVER PATROL | Mr Adam Scott | A Scott | Mr Adam Scott 3/1 |
| 3 | SUNNYCROFT | Mr Boyne | Drury | Mr Ressich 25/1 |
| 4 | ADEQUATE | Mr F Lloyd | Anthony | Mrs F Lloyd 25/1 |
| 5 | INGOE | Major Ivan Straker | Hatt | Mrs Ivan Straker 10/1 |
| Over round 109% | ||||
| This race was run on Wednesday 2nd March 1921 and saw Irish Light beat Dover Patrol and Sunnycroft by 3/4 length and 4 lengths | ||||