December Novices' Chase

The December Novices' Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Lingfield Park over a distance of about 3 miles (4,828 metres), and during its running there are eighteen fences to be jumped. The race is for novice chasers, and it is scheduled to take place each year in December.

It is presently one of two National Hunt events run at Lingfield Park which have graded status. Both of these races, the December Novices' Chase and the Summit Junior Hurdle, are contested on the same day.

Winners since 1988

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer
1988	Nick the Brief	6	T. Costello	J. Costello
1989	no race 1989
1990	Sparkling Flame	6	John White	Nicky Henderson
1991	River Bounty	5	Robbie Supple	John Upson
1992	Midnight Caller	6	Mark Richards	Simon Sherwood
1993	Martomick	6	Norman Williamson	Kim Bailey
1994	no race 1994–95
1996	Foodbroker Star	6	Leighton Aspell	Josh Gifford
1997	Fiddling the Facts	6	Norman Williamson	Nicky Henderson
1998	Executive King	7	Andrew Thornton	Geoff Hubbard
1999	Be My Mot	7	Jamie Goldstein	Gardie Grissell
2000	no race 2000–02
2003	Lord Sam	7	Andrew Thornton	Victor Dartnall
2004	L'Ami	5	Dean Gallagher	François Doumen
2005	no race 2005–06 [1] [2]
2007	Verasi	6	Jamie Moore	Gary L. Moore
2008	no race 2008 [2]
2009	Burton Port	5	Tony McCoy	Nicky Henderson
2008	no race 2010 [3]

¹ The 2005 running was abandoned because of frost.
² The 2006 and 2008 editions were abandoned due to waterlogging.
³ The 2010 running was abandoned due to snow.

References

• Racing Post:
  • 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003
  • 2004, 2007, 2009

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• pedigreequery.com – December Novices' Chase – Lingfield.
• rte.ie – "Lingfield abandoned due to frost" (2005).
• breakingnews.ie – "Lingfield abandoned" (2006).
• rte.ie – "Cheltenham and Lingfield abandoned" (2008).

See also

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