Castleford Chase

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The Castleford Chase is a National Hunt handicap chase in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 2 miles (3,219 metres) at Wetherby Racecourse in December. There are twelve fences to be jumped in the race.

The Castleford Chase’s recent history has seen a number of changes in conditions and status. Until 1989 it was run as a limited handicap. In 1990 it was upgraded to a Grade 1 race and run as a conditions chase for the first time. From 1998 it reverted to a limited handicap and was downgraded to Grade 2 status. In 2006 it was replaced as a Grade 2 chase in the calendar by Kempton Park’s newly-inaugurated Desert Orchid Chase and became a handicap chase for horses rated between 0 and 145.

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