Denman Chase

The Denman Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of about 2 miles and 7½ furlongs (2 miles 7 furlongs and 86 yards, or 4,706 metres), and during its running there are eighteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in February.

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The event was originally named the Aon Chase, after its first sponsors Aon Group Ltd, and it was first run in 2000. It was promoted to Listed status in 2002, and to Grade 2 level in 2003. The planned running in 2009 was abandoned at Newbury because of snow, and so the race was switched to an alternative venue, Kempton Park. The rearranged event was titled the Levy Board Chase. In 2012 the sponsorship was taken over by Betfair and renamed the Denman Chase in honour of Denman, who won the race in 2008 and also won two Hennessy Gold Cups at Newbury.

The race serves as one of the principal trials for the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March. Four horses have won both events in the same year – Kauto Star (2007), Denman (2008), Coneygree (2015) and Native River (2018).

Records

Most successful horse (3 wins):

Leading jockey (4 wins):

  • Richard Johnson – Shooting Light (2004), Farmer Jack (2005), Coneygree (2015), Native River (2018)

Leading trainer (9 wins):

  • Paul Nicholls (horse racing) – See More Business (2000), Shotgun Willy (2001), Valley Henry (2003), Kauto Star (2007), Denman (2008), Tricky Trickster (2010), Noland (2011), Silvianaco Conti (2013), Clan Des Obeaux (2019)

Winners
Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
2000 See More Business 10 Mick Fitzgerald Paul Nicholls
2001 Shotgun Willy 7 Joe Tizzard Paul Nicholls
2002 Bacchanal 8 Mick Fitzgerald Nicky Henderson
2003 Valley Henry 8 Barry Geraghty Paul Nicholls
2004 Shooting Light 11 Richard Johnson Martin Pipe
2005 Farmer Jack 9 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs
2006 no race 2006 [lower-alpha 1]
2007 Kauto Star 7 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2008 Denman 8 Sam Thomas Paul Nicholls
2009 Madison du Berlais [lower-alpha 2] 8 Tom Scudamore David Pipe
2010 Tricky Trickster 7 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2011 Noland 10 Tony McCoy Paul Nicholls
2012 Long Run 7 Sam Waley-Cohen[lower-alpha 3] Nicky Henderson
2013 Silviniaco Conti 7 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls
2014 Harry Topper 7 Jason Maguire Kim Bailey
2015 Coneygree 8 Richard Johnson Mark Bradstock
2016 Houblon des Obeaux 9 Aidan Coleman Venetia Williams
2017 Native River 7 Aidan Coleman Colin Tizzard
2018 Native River 8 Richard Johnson Colin Tizzard
2019 Clan Des Obeaux[lower-alpha 4] 7 Harry Cobden Paul Nicholls
2020 Native River 10 Jonjo O’Neill Jr Colin Tizzard
  1. The race was abandoned in 2006 because of frost
  2. The 2009 running took place at Kempton Park
  3. amateur jockey
  4. The 2019 race took place at Ascot after the original Newbury fixture was cancelled because of an equine influenza outbreak

See also

References
  • Race Recordings
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