Victor Chandler Handicap Chase
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The Victor Chandler Handicap Chase is a Grade 3 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 2 miles (3,219 metres) at Ascot Racecourse in January.
It is one of the leading handicap chases of the season, and often includes contenders for the Queen Mother Champion Chase. There are twelve fences to be jumped in the race.
The race is sponsored by the bookmaking company Victor Chandler and was introduced in 1987, although it was abandoned in the first two years due to frost (1987) and fog (1988) and could not be run until 1989.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Weight | Jockey | Trainer |
| 1987 race abandoned due to frost | |||||
| 1988 race abandoned due to fog | |||||
| 1989 | Desert Orchid | 10 | 12-00 | Simon Sherwood | David Elsworth |
| 1990 | Meikleour | 11 | 10-00 | Derek Byrne | Jimmy FitzGerald |
| 1991 | Blitzkreig | 8 | 10-04 | Tommy Carmody | Edward O'Grady |
| 1992 | Waterloo Boy | 9 | 11-10 | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson |
| 1993 | Sybillin | 7 | 10-10 | Mark Dwyer | Jimmy FitzGerald |
| 1994 | Viking Flagship * | 7 | 10-10 | Richard Dunwoody | David Nicholson |
| 1995 | Martha's Son | 8 | 10-09 | Rodney Farrant | Tim Forster |
| 1996 | Big Matt | 8 | 10-04 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
| 1997 | Ask Tom * | 8 | 10-10 | Russ Garritty | Tom Tate |
| 1998 | Jeffell | 8 | 10-11 | Conor O'Dwyer | Arthur Moore |
| 1999 | Call Equiname * | 9 | 11-03 | Robert Thornton | Paul Nicholls |
| 2000 | Nordance Prince | 9 | 10-00 | A. P. McCoy | Venetia Williams |
| 2001 | Function Dream | 9 | 10-11 | Anthony Ross | Mary Reveley |
| 2002 | Turgeonev | 7 | 10-04 | Richard McGrath | Tim Easterby |
| 2003 race abandoned due to frost and snow | |||||
| 2004 | Isio | 8 | 10-05 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
| 2005 | Well Chief * | 6 | 11-10 | Timmy Murphy | Martin Pipe |
| 2006 | Tysou * | 9 | 11-02 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
* The race was run at Warwick (1994), Kempton (1997 & 1999), Cheltenham (2005), and Sandown (2006).
