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. It is run over a distance of 2 miles (3,219 m) at Warwick Racecourse in February. There are twelve fences to be jumped in the race.
It was first run in 1991 in May over a distance of 2 miles 4 furlongs 110 yards (4,124 m). From 1996 it was run in February over 2 miles, which was increased to 2 miles 110 yards (3,319 m) in 2000. The race was abandoned at Warwick in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and transferred on each occasion to Wincanton, where it was run over 2 miles with thirteen fences to jump. The distance was kept when it returned to Warwick in 2008.
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 Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1992 | Milford Quay | 9 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1993 | Flashthecash | 7 | Adrian Maguire | Toby Balding |
| 1994 | Boscean Chieftain | 10 | Richard Dunwoody | Jackie Retter |
| no race 1995 | ||||
| 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 | Jimmy McCarthy | Oliver Sherwood |
| 2001 | Whitenzo | 5 | Joe Tizzard | Paul Nicholls |
| 2002 | Armaturk | 5 | Timmy Murphy | Paul Nicholls |
| no race 2003-04 | ||||
| 2005 | Kadount * | 7 | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2006 | Voy Por Ustedes * | 5 | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
| 2007 | Ursis * | 6 | Dominic Elsworth | Steve Gollings |
| 2008 | Kruguyrova | 5 | Jimmy McCarthy | Charles Egerton |
* The 2005, 2006 and 2007 races took place at Wincanton Racecourse.
