The Brown Advisory Novices' Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 3 miles and half a furlong (3 miles and 110 yards, or 4,928 metres), and during its running there are twenty fences to be jumped. The race is for novice chasers, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Cheltenham Festival in March.
| Grade 1 race | |
| Location | Cheltenham Racecourse Cheltenham, England |
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| Race type | Chase |
| Sponsor | Brown Advisory & Meriebelle Stable |
| Website | Cheltenham |
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| Distance | 3m 110y (4,928 metres) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Track | Left-handed |
| Qualification | Five-years-old and up |
| Weight | 11 st 3 lb (5yo); 11 st 7 lb (6yo+) Allowances 7 lb for mares |
| Purse | £181,125 (2024) 1st: £101,919 |
| 2024 | ||
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| Fact To File | Monty's Star | Giovinco |
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| 2023 | ||
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| The Real Whacker | Gerri Colombe | Bronn |
| 2022 | ||
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| L'Homme Presse | Ahoy Senor | Gaillard Du Mesnil |
| 2021 | ||
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| Monkfish | Fiddlerontheroof | The Big Breakaway |
| 2020 | ||
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| Champ | Minella Indo | Allaho |
| 2019 | ||
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| Topofthegame | Santini | Delta Work |
| 2018 | ||
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| Presenting Percy | Monalee | Elegant Escape |
| 2017 | ||
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| Might Bite | Whisper | Bellshill |
| 2016 | ||
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| Blaklion | Shaneshill | More of That |
| 2015 | ||
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| Don Poli | Southfield Theatre | Wounded Warrior |
| 2014 | ||
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| O'Faolains Boy | Smad Place | Morning Assembly |
| 2013 | ||
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| Lord Windermere | Lyreen Legend | Hadrian's Approach |
| 2012 | ||
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| Bobs Worth | First Lieutenant | Call The Police |
| 2011 | ||
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| Bostons Angel | Jessies Dream | Wayward Prince |
| 2010-2001 | ||
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| 2010 | ||
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| Weapon's Amnesty | Burton Port | Long Run |
| 2009 | ||
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| Cooldine | Horner Woods | Massini's Maguire |
| 2008 | ||
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| Albertas Run | Roll Along | Battlecry |
| 2007 | ||
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| Denman | Snowy Morning | According To John |
| 2006 | ||
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| Star De Mohaison | Idle Talk | Darkness |
| 2005 | ||
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| Trabolgan | Comply Or Die | Cornish Rebel |
| 2004 | ||
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| Rule Supreme | Royal Emperor | Our Vic |
| 2003 | ||
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| One Knight | Jair Du Cochet | Barrow Drive |
| 2002 | ||
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| Hussard Collonges | Iznogoud | Chives |
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| 2000 | ||
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| Lord Noelie | Alexander Banquet | Toto Toscato |
| 1999 | ||
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| Looks Like Trouble | Lord of the River | Billingsgate |
| 1998 | ||
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| Florida Pearl | Escartefigue | Fulip |
| 1997 | ||
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| Hanakham | Eudipe | Djeddah |
| 1996 | ||
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| Nahthen Lad | Mr Mulligan | Do Rightly |
| 1995 | ||
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| Brief Gale | Harcon | Banjo |
| 1994 | ||
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| Monsieur Le Cure | Martomick | Crystal Spirit |
| 1993 | ||
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| Young Hustler | Superior Finish | Its A Cracker |
| 1992 | ||
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| Miinnehoma | Bradbury Star | Run For Free |
| 1991 | ||
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| Rolling Ball | Esha Ness | What's The Crack |
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| 1990 | ||
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| Garrison Savannah | The Committee | Chatam |
| 1989 | ||
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| Envopak Token | Nick The Brief | Brown Windsor |
| 1988 | ||
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| The West Awake | Bob Tisdall | Yeoman Broker |
History
editThe event was originally known as the Broadway Novices' Chase, and this became the race's registered title in 2021, but since the mid-1960s it has been run under various sponsored titles. From 1964 to 1973 it was sponsored by the Tote, and it was called the Totalisator Champion Novices' Chase. From 1974 to 2020 it was backed by the RSA Insurance Group, and its predecessors Sun Alliance (1974–1996) and Royal & SunAlliance (1997–2008). Since 2021 the race has been sponsored by Brown Advisory and Meriebelle Stable.[1]
Several winners of the race have subsequently achieved victory in the most prestigious chase in the National Hunt calendar, the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The most recent was Lord Windermere, the winner of the latter event in 2014.
Records
editLeading jockey since 1946 (5 wins):
- Pat Taaffe – Coneyburrow (1953), Solfen (1960), Grallagh Cnoc (1961), Arkle (1963), Proud Tarquin (1970)
Leading trainer since 1946 (6 wins):
- Willie Mullins – Florida Pearl (1998), Rule Supreme (2004), Cooldine (2009), Don Poli (2015), Monkfish (2021), Fact To File (2024)
Winners since 1946
edit- Separate divisions of the race indicated by (1) and (2).
- ^ The 1947 edition was abandoned due to snow and frost
- ^ a b amateur jockey
- ^ The 2001 running was cancelled because of a foot-and-mouth crisis
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Scargill, Peter (9 February 2021). "New sponsors step in for Grade 1 3m novice chase at Cheltenham Festival". Racing Post. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- cheltenham.co.uk – Media information pack (2010).
- pedigreequery.com – Royal & SunAlliance Chase – Cheltenham.
- Ladbrokes Pocket Companion 1990/91. Aesculus Press. 1990. p. 60. ISBN 1-871093-21-X.
External links
edit- Race Recordings (1980-2004) youtube.com