Racing Post Chase

The Racing Post Chase 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 (4,828 metres) at Kempton Park Racecourse in late February. There are eighteen fences to be jumped in the race.

It is a handicap chase, and is often contested by horses en route to the Cheltenham Gold Cup or Grand National. Two winners have gone on to a career win in the National, two in the Irish Grand National, one in the Welsh National, and one in the Whitbread Gold Cup. Three others have gone to career wins at the Cheltenham Festival.

It was first run in 1988 and has been continually sponsored by the Racing Post.

Winners

* "Weights given in stones - pounds"* The 2006 race took place at Sandown Park as Kempton Park was closed for re-development.

References

* Racing Post:
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=22526&r_date=1988-2-27 1988] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=28096&r_date=1989-2-25 1989] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=33659&r_date=1990-2-24 1990] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=39014&r_date=1991-2-23 1991] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=44809&r_date=1992-2-22 1992] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=50664&r_date=1993-2-27 1993] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=56315&r_date=1994-2-26 1994] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=61845&r_date=1995-2-25 1995] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=67529&r_date=1996-2-24 1996] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=233417&r_date=1997-2-22 1997]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=247237&r_date=1998-2-28 1998] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=262338&r_date=1999-2-27 1999] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=276485&r_date=2000-2-26 2000] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=296219&r_date=2001-2-24 2001] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=311200&r_date=2002-2-23 2002] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=327095&r_date=2003-2-22 2003] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=344706&r_date=2004-2-28 2004] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=370072&r_date=2005-2-26 2005] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=398943&r_date=2006-2-25 2006] , [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=423676&r_date=2007-2-24 2007]
** [http://www.racingpost.co.uk/horses/result.sd?&race_id=448322&r_date=2008-2-23 2008]

ee also

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