- Aon Chase
The Aon Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in the
United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses. It is run over a distance of 3mile s (4,828 metres) atNewbury Racecourse in February. There are eighteen fences to be jumped in the race.It is one of the principal trial races for the
Cheltenham Gold Cup and takes its name from the sponsors Aon Group Ltd. It was first run in 2000 as a Class B race, upgrading to Listed status in 2002 and to Grade 2 in 2003.Winners
* "Amateur jockeys indicated by "Mr"."
References
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Racing Post :
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=276562&r_date=2000-2-12 2000] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=296329&r_date=2001-2-10 2001] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=311277&r_date=2002-2-9 2002] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=327171&r_date=2003-2-8 2003] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=344774&r_date=2004-2-14 2004] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=370127&r_date=2005-2-12 2005] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=423653&r_date=2007-2-10 2007] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=448299&r_date=2008-2-9 2008]ee also
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Horseracing in Great Britain
*List of British National Hunt races
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