Melling Chase
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The Melling Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses. It is run over a distance of 2 miles 4 furlongs (4,023 metres) at Aintree Racecourse during the Grand National meeting in early April. There are sixteen fences to be jumped in the race.
It was first run in 1991, and is often contested by horses which ran previously in the Queen Mother Champion Chase. Five winners of the Queen Mother Champion Chase have gone on to win the Melling Chase in the same season: Remittance Man, Deep Sensation, Viking Flagship (1995), Martha's Son and Moscow Flyer (2005).
[edit] Winners
- Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
| 1991 | Blazing Walker | 7 | Chris Grant | Arthur Stephenson |
| 1992 | Remittance Man | 8 | Richard Dunwoody | Nicky Henderson |
| 1993 | Deep Sensation | 8 | Declan Murphy | Josh Gifford |
| 1994 | Katabatic | 11 | Simon McNeill | Josh Gifford |
| 1995 | Viking Flagship | 8 | Adrian Maguire | David Nicholson |
| 1996 | Viking Flagship | 9 | Tony McCoy | David Nicholson |
| 1997 | Martha's Son | 10 | Carl Llewellyn | Tim Forster |
| 1998 | Opera Hat | 10 | Conor O'Dwyer | John Fowler |
| 1999 | Direct Route | 8 | Norman Williamson | Howard Johnson |
| 2000 | Direct Route | 9 | Norman Williamson | Howard Johnson |
| 2001 | Fadalko | 8 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2002 | Native Upmanship | 9 | Conor O'Dwyer | Arthur Moore |
| 2003 | Native Upmanship | 10 | Conor O'Dwyer | Arthur Moore |
| 2004 | Moscow Flyer | 10 | Barry Geraghty | Jessica Harrington |
| 2005 | Moscow Flyer | 11 | Barry Geraghty | Jessica Harrington |
| 2006 | Hi Cloy | 9 | Andrew J. McNamara | Michael Hourigan |
| 2007 | Monet's Garden | 9 | Tony Dobbin | Nicky Richards |
| 2008 | Voy Por Ustedes | 7 | Robert Thornton | Alan King |
