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The Dipper Novices' Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 5 furlongs (4,225 metres), and during its running there are seventeen fences to be jumped. The race is for novice chasers, and it is scheduled to take place each year on New Year's Day.
Before 2005 the event was usually run at Newcastle in mid January. Its distance at this venue was 2 miles and 4 furlongs (4,023 metres), and there were sixteen fences to jump. Prior to the 1990–91 season it took place in November.
Winners since 1988
Year Winner Age Jockey Trainer 1988 Cool Strike 7 Brian Storey George M. Moore 1989 Blazing Walker 5 Chris Grant Arthur Stephenson 1991 Meritmoore 8 Jason Callaghan George M. Moore 1992 Gale Again 5 Chris Grant Arthur Stephenson 1993 Dawson City 6 Lorcan Wyer Peter Easterby no race 1994 1995 Morceli 7 Neale Doughty Howard Johnson 1996 Avro Anson 8 Peter Niven Maurice Camacho no race 1997 1998 Celestial Choir 8 Brian Storey Les Eyre 1999 Bobby Grant 8 Robbie Supple Chris Grant 2000 Donnybrook 7 Brian Harding Bob Woodhouse 2001 Red Striker 7 Richard Guest Norman Mason 2002 Barton 9 Tony Dobbin Tim Easterby no race 2003–04 [1] [2] 2005 My Will 5 Ruby Walsh Paul Nicholls 2006 The Listener 7 Andrew Thornton Robert Alner 2007 My Way de Solzen 7 Robert Thornton Alan King 2008 Lead On 7 Richard Johnson Philip Hobbs 2009 Calgary Bay 6 Tony McCoy Henrietta Knight 2010 Seven Is My Number 8 Timmy Murphy David Pipe 2011 Hell's Bay 9 Joe Tizzard Colin Tizzard 1 The race was abandoned twice in 2003 – firstly at Newcastle (waterlogging), and then at Haydock Park (frost).
2 The 2004 running at Newcastle was cancelled because of frost.References
- pedigreequery.com – Dipper Novices' Chase – Cheltenham.
- bbc.co.uk – Haydock racing abandoned (January 4, 2003).
- telegraph.co.uk – Weather forecast unfavourable (January 2, 2004).
See also
Categories:- National Hunt races in Great Britain
- Cheltenham Racecourse
- National Hunt chases
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