Swindon Selling Chase
| The Swindon Selling Chase over 3 miles was part of the very first Festival programme in 1911 when won by Spinning Coin owned by Mr F C Stern trained by G S Davies and ridden by Mr H A Brown. It remained part of the programme right up to the start of the Second World War and in 1920 was won by Denis Auburn who had also landed the Foxhunters Chase in 1915. |
| Early history:- The inaugural running of the Swindon Selling Steeplechase worth 200 sovereigns over 3 miles took place on Thursday 9th March 1911 and was won by Spinning Coin (9/4 fav) owned by Mr F C Stern trained by G S Davies and ridden by Mr H A Brown, beating Howth Park (6/1) and Tokay (8/1) by 4 lengths and a distance. |
| Swindon Selling Chase 1913 | Handicap | 3 miles | ||
| Pos. | Horse | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
| 1 | YONDER | Mr A Smith | C S Smith | Mr A Smith 6/1 |
| 2 | SPINNING COIN | Mr H A Brown | Pape | Mr F Marshall Townshend 2/1 jt fav |
| 3 | FLYING SHUTTLE | Mr H Cottrill | Cottrill | Mr S McMorran 10/1 |
| 4 | GLOOM | Mr Jack Anthony | Alf Newey | Colonel Fisher Childe 10/1 |
| 5 | TEMPO BELLO | Mr Owen Anthony | R Smith | Mrs Harrison 5/1 |
| 6 | RED SCOT | W Lees | W Taylor | Captain Paynter 10/1 |
| 7 | MOUNT PROSPECTS FORTUNE | J Kelly | Gore | Mr Nelke 2/1 jt fav |
| Over round 123% | ||||
| This race was run on Thursday 13th March 1913 when Yonder beat Spinning Coin and Flying Shuttle by 10 lengths and a length | ||||