Welsh National

Welsh National

The Welsh National is a Grade 3 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses. It is run over a distance of 3 miles 5½ furlongs (5,934 metres) at Chepstow Racecourse, Wales in late December.

It is a handicap chase and is often contested by horses which also run in the Grand National at Aintree. There are twenty-two fences to be jumped in the race. The ground conditions are often testing with stamina at a premium.

The race was first run in 1895 at Ely Racecourse in Cardiff, where it remained until the closure of the course in 1939. It was run once only at Caerleon in 1948, and the race moved to its present venue in 1949.

Winners since 1976

* "Weights given in stones - pounds; Amateur jockeys identified by "Mr"."* The 1994 race took place at Newbury Racecourse.

References

* Racing Post:
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=26992&r_date=1988-12-27 1988] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=32433&r_date=1989-12-23 1989] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=38052&r_date=1990-12-22 1990] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=43523&r_date=1991-12-21 1991] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=49410&r_date=1992-12-28 1992] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=55224&r_date=1993-12-28 1993] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=61085&r_date=1994-12-31 1994] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=245444&r_date=1997-12-27 1997] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=259086&r_date=1998-12-28 1998] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=274545&r_date=1999-12-28 1999]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=293380&r_date=2000-12-27 2000] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=308716&r_date=2001-12-27 2001] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=324605&r_date=2002-12-27 2002] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=341767&r_date=2003-12-27 2003] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=361489&r_date=2004-12-28 2004] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=394803&r_date=2005-12-27 2005] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=419932&r_date=2006-12-27 2006] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=444025&r_date=2007-12-27 2007]

ee also

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


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