Towton Novices' Chase
2023 | ||
City Chief | O'Toole | Bellatrixsa |
Previous years | ||
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2022 | ||
Ahoy Senor | Noble Yeats | Ashtown Lad |
2000-1996 | ||
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2000 | ||
Arctic Camper | Beau | Only two finished |
1999 | ||
Kadou Nonantais | Scotton Green | Edmond |
1998 | ||
Escartefigue | Radical Choice | Feels Like Gold |
1996 | ||
Mr Mulligan | Call It A Day | Ubu Val |
The Towton Novices' Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Wetherby over a distance of about 3 miles (3 miles and 45 yards, or 4,869 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 in late January or early February.
The event is named after the village of Towton, which is located several miles to the south of Wetherby. It was first run in 1996, and the inaugural winner, Mr Mulligan, went on to win the following year's Cheltenham Gold Cup.
In April 2023 the British Horseracing Authority announced that the race would be moved to mid-January and run over a reduced distance of two and a half miles.[1]
Winners
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Package of changes agreed to help strengthen performance of British Jump racing". British Horseracing Authority. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ "William Hill Towton Novices' Chase". racingbetter.co.uk. 2 February 2019.
- aberford.net – "Declared Runners" (2006).
- pedigreequery.com – Towton Novices' Chase – Wetherby.