Reynoldstown Novices' Chase
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The Reynoldstown 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 3 miles (4,828 m) at Ascot Racecourse in February. There are twenty fences to be jumped in the race.
The race is named in honour of Reynoldstown, winner of the Grand National in 1935 and 1936. Prior to redevelopment at Ascot between 2004 and 2006, the race was run over a distance of 3 miles 110 yards (4,929 m).
The race is seen as a major trial for the Royal & SunAlliance Chase held at the Cheltenham Festival. In 2008 Albertas Run became the first horse to win both races since 1973. Six other winners since 1988 had started outright favourite for the Cheltenham race (and another started joint favourite) but all failed to win.
[edit] Winners since 1988
- Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".
| Year |
Winner |
Age |
Jockey |
Trainer |
| 1988 | Kissane | 7 | Tom Morgan | John Edwards |
| 1989 | Vulgan Warrior | 7 | Jamie Osborne | Simon Christian |
| 1990 | Royal Athlete | 7 | Mark Pitman | Jenny Pitman |
| no race 1991 | ||||
| 1992 | Danny Harrold | 8 | Mark Pitman | Jenny Pitman |
| 1993 | Capability Brown | 6 | Peter Scudamore | Martin Pipe |
| 1994 | One Man | 6 | Neale Doughty | Gordon W. Richards |
| 1995 | Sweet Duke | 8 | Tom Jenks | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 1996 | Mr Mulligan | 8 | Richard Johnson | Noel Chance |
| 1997 | Djeddah | 6 | Adam Kondrat | François Doumen |
| 1998 | The Toiseach | 7 | Tony Dobbin | James Fanshawe |
| 1999 | Lord of the River | 7 | Jamie Osborne | Oliver Sherwood |
| 2000 | Beau | 7 | Carl Llewellyn | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| 2001 | Bacchanal | 7 | Mick Fitzgerald | Nicky Henderson |
| 2002 | Jimmy Tennis | 5 | Norman Williamson | Venetia Williams |
| 2003 | Keen Leader | 7 | Liam Cooper | Jonjo O'Neill |
| 2004 | Our Vic | 6 | Timmy Murphy | Martin Pipe |
| 2005 | Distant Thunder * | 7 | Andrew Thornton | Robert Alner |
| 2006 | Montgermont * | 6 | Mark Bradburne | Lavinia Taylor |
| 2007 | Gungadu | 7 | Ruby Walsh | Paul Nicholls |
| 2008 | Albertas Run | 7 | Ruby Walsh | Jonjo O'Neill |
* The 2005 and 2006 races took place at Lingfield Park while Ascot was closed for re-development.
