Tommy Whittle Chase

Tommy Whittle Chase
2014
Broadway Buffalo Toby Lerone Fill The Power

The Tommy Whittle Chase is a National Hunt handicap chase in England which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Haydock Park over a distance of 3 miles (4,828 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in December.

The race was first run in 1982, and is named in honour of the late Tommy Whittle, a director of Haydock Park for 30 years, 13 of which were spent as Chairman.[1]

In 2004 the race had Grade 2 status and was considered sufficiently important to be included in the British Horseracing Board's new Order of Merit series. However, the following year it was turned into a handicap, and as a result has since attracted a lower grade of runners.

Winners

Year Winner Age Weight Jockey Trainer
1982 Little Owl 8 11-02 Mr Jim Wilson Peter Easterby
1983 Prince Rowan 7 10-12 Mr Dermot Browne Michael Dickinson
1984 Gaye Chance 9 10-12 Sam Morshead Mrs Mercy Rimell
1985 Earls Brig 10 10-12 Phil Tuck W Hamilton
1986 Forgive'N Forget 9 11-02 Mark Dwyer Jimmy FitzGerald
1987 Abandoned because of frost
1988 The Thinker 10 11-02 Alan Merrigan Arthur Stephenson
1989 Baies 7 10-12 Peter Scudamore Charlie Brooks
1990 Celtic Shot 8 11-02 Graham McCourt Charlie Brooks
1991 Abandoned because of frost
1992 Twin Oaks 12 11-02 Richard Dunwoody Gordon W. Richards
1993 Gambling Royal 10 10-12 Adrian Maguire David Nicholson
1994 Chatam 10-05 Richard Dunwoody Martin Pipe
1995 One Man 10-05 Mark Dwyer Gordon W. Richards
1997 The Grey Monk 11-02 Peter Niven Gordon W. Richards
1998 Suny Bay 10-12 Graham Bradley Simon Sherwood
1999 Bobby Grant 11-03 Robbie Supple Peter Beaumont
2000 Bobby Grant 11-08 Russ Garritty Peter Beaumont
2001 Legal Right 8 11-02 Tony McCoy Jonjo O'Neill
2002 Sackville 9 11-08 Timmy Murphy Ms Frances Crowley
2003 Keen Leader 7 11-05 Barry Geraghty Jonjo O'Neill
2004 Chives 9 11-00 Dominic Elsworth Sue Smith
2005 Captain Corelli 8 10-02 T J O'Brien Philip Hobbs
2006 Kandjar D'allier 8 11-04 Wayne Hutchinson Alan King
2007 Cloudy Lane 7 11-03 Jason Maguire Donald McCain
2008 Malko De Beaumont 8 10-02 Mark Bradburne A D Brown
2009 Abandoned because of frost
2010 Abandoned because of snow
2011 Cannington Brook 7 10-09 T J O'Brien Colin Tizzard
2012 Cannington Brook 8 11-12 T J O'Brien Colin Tizzard
2013 Night Alliance 8 11-00 Leighton Aspell Dr Richard Newland
2014 Broadway Buffalo 6 10-11 Conor O'Farrell David Pipe

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History of the Tommy Whittle Chase". RACENEWSonline Archive. November 29, 2004. Retrieved 2014-12-25.