RSA Chase

RSA Chase

2017
Might Bite	Whisper	Bellshill

Previous years
2016
Blaklion	Shaneshill	More of That
2015
Don Poli	Southfield Theatre	Wounded Warrior
2014
O'Faolains Boy	Smad Place	Morning Assembly
2013
Lord Windermere	Lyreen Legend	Hadrian's Approach
2012
Bobs Worth	First Lieutenant	Call The Police
2011
Bostons Angel	Jessies Dream	Wayward Prince

2010-2001
2010
Weapon's Amnesty	Burton Port	Long Run
2009
Cooldine	Horner Woods	Massini's Maguire
2008
Albertas Run	Roll Along	Battlecry
2007
Denman	Snowy Morning	According To John
2006
Star De Mohaison	Idle Talk	Darkness
2005
Trabolgan	Comply Or Die	Cornish Rebel
2004
Rule Supreme	Royal Emperor	Our Vic
2003
One Knight	Jair Du Cochet	Barrow Drive
2002
Hussard Collonges	Iznogoud	Chives

2000-1991
2000
Lord Noelie	Alexander Banquet	Toto Toscato
1999
Looks Like Trouble	Lord of the River	Billingsgate
1998
Florida Pearl	Escartefigue	Fulip
1997
Hanakham	Eudipe	Djeddah
1996
Nahthen Lad	Mr Mulligan	Do Rightly
1995
Brief Gale	Harcon	Banjo
1994
Monsieur Le Cure	Martomick	Crystal Spirit
1993
Young Hustler	Superior Finish	Its A Cracker
1992
Miinnehoma	Bradbury Star	Run For Free
1991
Rolling Ball	Esha Ness	What's The Crack

1990-1988
1990
Garrison Savannah	The Committee	Chatam
1989
Envopak Token	Nick The Brief	Brown Windsor
1988
The West Awake	Bob Tisdall	Yeoman Broker

The RSA Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 3 miles and 110 yards (4,929 metres), and during its running there are nineteen fences to be jumped. The race is for novice chasers, and it is scheduled to take place each year during the Cheltenham Festival in March.

History

The event was formerly known as the Broadway Novices' Chase, but since the mid-1960s it has been run under various sponsored titles. From 1964 to 1973 it was sponsored by the Tote, and it was called the Totalisator Champion Novices' Chase. Since then it has been backed by its present sponsor, RSA Insurance Group, and its predecessors Sun Alliance (1974–1996) and Royal & SunAlliance (1997–2008).

Several winners of the race have subsequently achieved victory in the most prestigious chase in the National Hunt calendar, the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The most recent was Lord Windermere, the winner of the latter event in 2014.

Records

Leading jockey since 1946 (5 wins):

• Pat Taaffe – Coneyburrow (1953), Solfen (1960), Grallagh Cnoc (1961), Arkle (1963), Proud Tarquin (1970)

Leading trainer since 1946 (4 wins):

• Fulke Walwyn – Mountain Prince (1948, div. 2), On View (1951), Glenbeigh (1954), Mandarin (1957)
• Willie Mullins – Florida Pearl (1998), Rule Supreme (2004), Cooldine (2009), Don Poli (2015)

Winners since 1946

• Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr".
• Separate divisions of the race indicated by (1) and (2).

¹ The 1947 edition was abandoned due to snow and frost.
² The 2001 running was cancelled because of a foot-and-mouth crisis.

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British National Hunt races

References

• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

• cheltenham.co.uk – Media information pack (2010).
• pedigreequery.com – Royal & SunAlliance Chase – Cheltenham.
• Ladbrokes Pocket Companion 1990/91. Aesculus Press. 1990. p. 60. ISBN 1-871093-21-X. 

External links

• Race Recordings