Cotswold Chase

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The Cotswold Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 3 milesfurlongs (5,130 metres) on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse in January. There are twenty-one fences to be jumped in the race.

Although registered as the Cotswold Chase, the race has generally been run under a sponsored title. It was run as the Charterhouse Mercantile Chase from 1988 to 1991, the Timeform Hall of Fame Chase in 1993 and 1994, the Pillar Property Investments Chase from 1995 to 1998, the Pillar Property Chase from 1999 to 2005 and the HBLB Cotswold Chase in 2006. The 2007 race was run under the title of the Letheby and Christopher Chase.

[edit] Winners since 1988

  • Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer
1988 Twin Oaks 8 Paul Croucher David Murray Smith
1989 Deep Moment 7 Dermot Browne Mercy Rimell
1990 Toby Tobias 8 Mark Pitman Jenny Pitman
1991 Celtic Shot 9 Peter Scudamore Charlie Brooks
1992 no race
1993 Sibton Abbey 8 Steve Smith Eccles Ferdy Murphy
1994 Dubacilla 8 Dean Gallagher Henry Cole
1995 Master Oats 9 Norman Williamson Kim Bailey
1996 no race
1997 One Man 9 Richard Dunwoody Gordon W. Richards
1998 See More Business 8 Timmy Murphy Paul Nicholls
1999 Cyfor Malta 6 Tony McCoy Martin Pipe
2000 Looks Like Trouble 8 Norman Williamson Noel Chance
2001 See More Business 11 Mick Fitzgerald Paul Nicholls
2002 Rince Ri 9 Ruby Walsh Ted Walsh
2003 Behrajan 8 Richard Johnson Henry Daly
2004 Jair du Cochet 7 Jacques Ricou Guillaume Macaire
2005 Grey Abbey 11 Graham Lee Howard Johnson
2006 See You Sometime * 11 Andrew Thornton James Mullins
2007 Exotic Dancer 7 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill

* The 2006 race was run at Wincanton Racecourse.

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