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Broadway Novices' Chase
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 |
|---|---|
| Race type | Chase |
| Sponsor | Brown Advisory & Meriebelle Stable |
| Website | Cheltenham |
| Race information | |
| 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 | ||
| Fact To File | Monty's Star | Giovinco |
| Previous years | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | ||
| The Real Whacker | Gerri Colombe | Bronn |
| 2022 | ||
| L'Homme Presse | Ahoy Senor | Gaillard Du Mesnil |
| 2021 | ||
| Monkfish | Fiddlerontheroof | The Big Breakaway |
| 2020 | ||
| Champ | Minella Indo | Allaho |
| 2019 | ||
| Topofthegame | Santini | Delta Work |
| 2018 | ||
| Presenting Percy | Monalee | Elegant Escape |
| 2017 | ||
| Might Bite | Whisper | Bellshill |
| 2016 | ||
| Blaklion | Shaneshill | More of That |
| 2015 | ||
| Don Poli | Southfield Theatre | Wounded Warrior |
| 2014 | ||
| O'Faolains Boy | Smad Place | Morning Assembly |
| 2013 | ||
| Lord Windermere | Lyreen Legend | Hadrian's Approach |
| 2012 | ||
| Bobs Worth | First Lieutenant | Call The Police |
| 2011 | ||
| Bostons Angel | Jessies Dream | Wayward Prince |
| 2010-2001 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| Weapon's Amnesty | Burton Port | Long Run |
| 2009 | ||
| Cooldine | Horner Woods | Massini's Maguire |
| 2008 | ||
| Albertas Run | Roll Along | Battlecry |
| 2007 | ||
| Denman | Snowy Morning | According To John |
| 2006 | ||
| Star De Mohaison | Idle Talk | Darkness |
| 2005 | ||
| Trabolgan | Comply Or Die | Cornish Rebel |
| 2004 | ||
| Rule Supreme | Royal Emperor | Our Vic |
| 2003 | ||
| One Knight | Jair Du Cochet | Barrow Drive |
| 2002 | ||
| Hussard Collonges | Iznogoud | Chives |
| 2000-1991 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
| Lord Noelie | Alexander Banquet | Toto Toscato |
| 1999 | ||
| Looks Like Trouble | Lord of the River | Billingsgate |
| 1998 | ||
| Florida Pearl | Escartefigue | Fulip |
| 1997 | ||
| Hanakham | Eudipe | Djeddah |
| 1996 | ||
| Nahthen Lad | Mr Mulligan | Do Rightly |
| 1995 | ||
| Brief Gale | Harcon | Banjo |
| 1994 | ||
| Monsieur Le Cure | Martomick | Crystal Spirit |
| 1993 | ||
| Young Hustler | Superior Finish | Its A Cracker |
| 1992 | ||
| Miinnehoma | Bradbury Star | Run For Free |
| 1991 | ||
| Rolling Ball | Esha Ness | What's The Crack |
| 1990-1988 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||
| Garrison Savannah | The Committee | Chatam |
| 1989 | ||
| Envopak Token | Nick The Brief | Brown Windsor |
| 1988 | ||
| The West Awake | Bob Tisdall | Yeoman Broker |
History edit
The 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 edit
Leading 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).
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Birthlaw | 11 | Ted Vinall | Tommy Rayson |
| no race 1947 [a] | ||||
| 1948 (1) | Blakely Grove | 7 | Joe Maguire | Ivor Anthony |
| 1948 (2) | Mountain Prince | 9 | Bryan Marshall | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1949 (1) | Glen Fire | 6 | J. Spencer[b] | Syd Mercer |
| 1949 (2) | Comeragh | 8 | D. Kelly | Noel Furlong |
| 1950 (1) | Manicou | 5 | Lord Mildmay[b] | Peter Cazalet |
| 1950 (2) | Arctic Gold | 5 | Glen Kelly | Gerald Balding |
| 1951 | On View | 8 | Bryan Marshall | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1952 | Good and Plenty | 8 | Jimmy Power | Jack Fawcus |
| 1953 | Coneyburrow | 7 | Pat Taaffe | Joe Osbourne |
| 1954 | Glenbeigh | 8 | Dave Dick | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1955 | Great Eliza | 7 | B. Cooper | Danny Morgan |
| 1956 | Polar Flight | 6 | Tommy Cusack | George Spann |
| 1957 | Mandarin | 6 | Michael Scudamore | Fulke Walwyn |
| 1958 | Just Awake | 6 | Arthur Freeman | Peter Cazalet |
| 1959 | Mac Joy | 7 | Arthur Freeman | Ken Bailey |
| 1960 | Solfen | 8 | Pat Taaffe | Willie O'Grady |
| 1961 | Grallagh Cnoc | 7 | Pat Taaffe | Joe Osbourne |
| 1962 | Caduval | 7 | Laurie Morgan | Bogden Lubecki |
| 1963 | Arkle | 6 | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper |
| 1964 | Buona Notte | 7 | Johnny Haine | Bob Turnell |
| 1965 | Arkloin | 6 | Liam McLoughlin | Tom Dreaper |
| 1966 | Different Class | 6 | David Mould | Peter Cazalet |
| 1967 | Border Jet | 7 | Josh Gifford | Ryan Price |
| 1968 | Herring Gull | 6 | John Crowley | Paddy Mullins |
| 1969 | Spanish Steps | 6 | John Cook | Edward Courage |
| 1970 | Proud Tarquin | 7 | Pat Taaffe | Tom Dreaper |
| 1971 | Tantalum | 7 | David Nicholson | Michael Pope |
| 1972 | Clever Scot | 7 | David Mould | Harry Thomson Jones |
| 1973 | Killiney | 7 | Richard Pitman | Fred Winter |
| 1974 | Ten Up | 7 | Tommy Carberry | Jim Dreaper |
| 1975 | Pengrail | 7 | John Francome | Fred Winter |
| 1976 | Tied Cottage | 8 | Tommy Carberry | Dan Moore |
| 1977 | Gay Spartan | 6 | Michael Dickinson | Tony DickinsonRemoving link to wrong Tony Dickinson |
| 1978 | Sweet Joe | 6 | Steve Smith Eccles | Harry Thomson Jones |
| 1979 | Master Smudge | 7 | Richard Hoare | Arthur Barrow |
| 1980 | Lacson | 8 | Steve Knight | Bob Hawker |
| 1981 | Lesley Ann | 7 | Colin Brown | David Elsworth |
| 1982 | Brown Chamberlin | 7 | John Francome | Fred Winter |
| 1983 | Canny Danny | 7 | Niall Madden | Jimmy FitzGerald |
| 1984 | A Kinsman | 8 | Geordie Dun | John Brockbank |
| 1985 | Antarctic Bay | 8 | Frank Berry | Pat Hughes |
| 1986 | Cross Master | 9 | Reg Crank | Tom Bill |
| 1987 | Kildimo | 7 | Graham Bradley | Toby Balding |
| 1988 | The West Awake | 7 | Simon Sherwood | Oliver Sherwood |
| 1989 | Envopak Token | 8 | Peter Hobbs | Josh Gifford |
| 1990 | Garrison Savannah | 7 | Ben de Haan | Jenny Pitman |
| 1991 | Rolling Ball | 8 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1992 | Miinnehoma | 9 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1993 | Young Hustler | 6 | Peter Scudamore | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 1994 | Monsieur Le Cure | 8 | Peter Niven | John Edwards |
| 1995 | Brief Gale | 8 | Philip Hide | Josh Gifford |
| 1996 | Nahthen Lad | 7 | Warren Marston | Jenny Pitman |
| 1997 | Hanakham | 8 | Richard Dunwoody | Ron Hodges |
| 1998 | Florida Pearl | 6 | Richard Dunwoody | Willie Mullins |
| 1999 | Looks Like Trouble | 7 | Paul Carberry | Noel Chance |
| 2000 | Lord Noelie | 7 | Jim Culloty | Henrietta Knight |
| no race 2001 [c] | ||||
| 2002 | Hussard Collonges | 7 | Russ Garritty | Peter Beaumont |
| 2003 | One Knight | 7 | Richard Johnson | Philip Hobbs |
| 2004 | Rule Supreme | 8 | David Casey | Willie Mullins |
| 2005 | Trabolgan | 7 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
| 2006 | Star de Mohaison | 5 | Barry Geraghty | Paul Nicholls |
| 2007 | Denman | 7 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2008 | Albertas Run | 7 | Tony McCoy | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2009 | Cooldine | 7 | Ruby Walsh | Willie Mullins |
| 2010 | Weapon's Amnesty | 7 | Davy Russell | Charles Byrnes |
| 2011 | Bostons Angel | 7 | Robbie Power | Jessica Harrington |
| 2012 | Bobs Worth | 7 | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
| 2013 | Lord Windermere | 7 | Davy Russell | Jim Culloty |
| 2014 | O'Faolain's Boy | 7 | Barry Geraghty | Rebecca Curtis |
| 2015 | Don Poli | 6 | Bryan Cooper | Willie Mullins |
| 2016 | Blaklion | 7 | Ryan Hatch | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2017 | Might Bite | 8 | Nico de Boinville | Nicky Henderson |
| 2018 | Presenting Percy | 7 | Davy Russell | Patrick G Kelly |
| 2019 | Topofthegame | 7 | Harry Cobden | Paul Nicholls |
| 2020 | Champ | 8 | Barry Geraghty | Nicky Henderson |
| 2021 | Monkfish | 7 | Paul Townend | Willie Mullins |
| 2022 | L'Homme Presse | 7 | Charlie Deutsch | Venetia Williams |
| 2023 | The Real Whacker | 7 | Sam Twiston-Davies | Patrick Neville |
| 2024 | Fact To File | 7 | Mark Walsh | Willie Mullins |
- ^ 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 edit
References 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.
- Racing Post:
- 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
- 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- 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 [1]