Class | Grade 1 |
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Location | Haydock Park Haydock, England |
Inaugurated | 2005 |
Race type | Steeplechase |
Sponsor | Betfair |
Website | Haydock Park |
Race information | |
Distance | 3m 1f 125y (5,143 metres) |
Surface | Turf |
Track | Left-handed |
Qualification | Five-years-old and up |
Weight | 11st 10lb Allowances 7 lb formares |
Purse | £206,200(2024) 1st: £116,029 |
2024 | ||
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Royale Pagaille | Grey Dawning | Bravemansgame |
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2023 | ||
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Royale Pagaille | Bravemansgame | Corach Rambler |
2022 | ||
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Protektorat | Eldorado Allen | Frodon |
2021 | ||
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A Plus Tard | Royale Pagaille | Chatham Street Lad |
TheBetfair Chase is a Grade 1National Huntsteeplechase in Great Britain which is open tohorses aged five years or older. It is run atHaydock Park over a distance of about 3 miles and 1½ furlongs (3 miles 1 furlong and 125 yards, or 5,143 metres), and during its running there are nineteen fences to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place in November each year.
The event was established in 2005, and it originally served as the first part of a bonus scheme called the Betfair Million. Its sponsor,Betfair, offered a sum of £1,000,000 to leading contenders for successful performances in two subsequent races.
The initial version of the Betfair Million was awarded if the winner of the Betfair Chase went on to win both theKing George VI Chase and theCheltenham Gold Cup. TheLexus Chase was included as an alternative second leg for the next two years, andKauto Star won the prize by taking the original route in 2006–07. The format was changed in 2008–09, when the bonus became available to any first-three finisher achieving first or second at theCheltenham Festival and then winning theGrand National.[1] The Betfair Million was dropped the following year. The £1,000,000 bonus returned as the "Chase Triple Crown" in 2015 whenJockey Club Racecourses offered it to any horse winning the race, the King George VI Chase and Cheltenham Gold Cup.[2]Cue Card won the first two legs of the 2015–16 bonus but fell when in contention at Cheltenham.[3] Since 2016 the Kauto Star Trophy has been awarded to the owner of a horse completing the Chase Triple Crown.[4]
The Betfair Chase is familiarly known by its sponsored name, but its registered title is the Lancashire Chase. It is now the first Grade 1 event of the British National Hunt season. Prior to 2017 it was run over a distance of about 3 miles. The distance was increased to allow a longer run from the start to the first bend.[5]
The original Lancashire Chase was first run atManchester Racecourse in 1884.[6]
Most successful horse (4 wins):
Leading jockey (4 wins):
Leadingtrainer (6 wins):
Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
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2005 | Kingscliff | 8 | Robert Walford | Robert Alner |
2006 | Kauto Star | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
2007 | Kauto Star | 7 | Sam Thomas | Paul Nicholls |
2008 | Snoopy Loopy | 10 | Seamus Durack | Peter Bowen |
2009 | Kauto Star | 9 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
2010 | Imperial Commander | 9 | Paddy Brennan | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
2011 | Kauto Star | 11 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
2012 | Silviniaco Conti | 6 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
2013 | Cue Card | 7 | Joe Tizzard | Colin Tizzard |
2014 | Silviniaco Conti | 8 | Noel Fehily | Paul Nicholls |
2015 | Cue Card | 9 | Paddy Brennan | Colin Tizzard |
2016 | Cue Card | 10 | Paddy Brennan | Colin Tizzard |
2017 | Bristol De Mai | 6 | Daryl Jacob | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
2018 | Bristol De Mai | 7 | Daryl Jacob | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
2019 | Lostintranslation | 7 | Robbie Power | Colin Tizzard |
2020 | Bristol De Mai | 9 | Daryl Jacob | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
2021 | A Plus Tard | 7 | Rachael Blackmore | Henry de Bromhead |
2022 | Protektorat | 7 | Harry Skelton | Dan Skelton |
2023 | Royale Pagaille | 9 | Charlie Deutsch | Venetia Williams |
2024 | Royale Pagaille | 10 | Charlie Deutsch | Venetia Williams |