Kingmaker Novices' Chase
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The Kingmaker Novices' Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above novices run over a distance of 2 miles 110 yards (3,319 metres) at Warwick Racecourse in February. There are twelve fences to be jumped in the race.
The race was abandoned at Warwick in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and transferred on each occasion to Wincanton Racecourse. When run at Wincanton, the race distance is 2 miles (3,219 metres) and thirteen fences are jumped.
It was first run in 1991 in early May over a distance of 2 miles 4 furlongs 110 yards (4,124), From 1996 it was run in early May over a distance of 2 miles and from 2000 over the current distance of 2 miles 110 yards.
The race title comes from the nickname of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, who was known as "Warwick the Kingmaker" during the Wars of the Roses.
[edit] Winners
- Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer |
| 1991 | Anti Matter | 6 | Peter Scudmore | Martin Pipe |
| 1992 | Milford Quay | 9 | Peter Scudmore | Martin Pipe |
| 1993 | Flashthecash | 7 | Adrian Maguire | Toby Balding |
| 1994 | Boscean Chieftain | 10 | Richard Dunwoody | Jackie Retter |
| 1995 no race | ||||
| 1996 | Arctic Kinsman | 8 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 1997 | Mulligan | 7 | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
| 1998 | Lake Kariba | 7 | Richard Johnson | Paul Nicholls |
| 1999 | Flagship Uberalles | 5 | Robert Thornton | Paul Nicholls |
| 2000 | Cenkos | 6 | Justin McCarthy | Oliver Sherwood |
| 2001 | Whitenzo | 5 | Joe Tizzard | Paul Nicholls |
| 2002 | Armaturk | 5 | Timmy Murphy | Paul Nicholls |
| 2003 no race | ||||
| 2004 no race | ||||
| 2005 | Kadount * | 7 | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2006 | Voy Por Ustedes * | 5 | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2007 | Ursis * | 6 | Dominic Elsworth | Steve Gollings |
* The 2005, 2006 and 2007 races took place at Wincanton Racecourse.
